Mr. Basketball has decided to transfer. Who's next? In this week's 'Tatelines: Unedited,' columnist Loren Tate studies what might be a turbulent offseason for Brad Underwood. Priority No. 1: Retain Leron Black. A close second: Add a guard and a…

Mr. Basketball has decided to transfer. Who's next? In this week's 'Tatelines: Unedited,' columnist Loren Tate studies what might be a turbulent offseason for Brad Underwood. Priority No. 1: Retain Leron Black. A close second: Add a guard and a shot-blocker in the late recruiting period.

Ohio State is the nation's biggest surprise. Archie Miller is a year away. Isaac Haas is the perfect Boilermaker. And New York City is an awful place to hold a Big Ten tournament. In this week's podcast, Loren Tate dives deep into Big Ten basketball, from Illini recruiting to the NCAA tournament picture.

Oakwood native Jon Davis set a school record - and joined some elite company - by running a sub-4-minute mile on Saturday. Loren Tate, who ranks the feat as one of the finest he's seen in 51 years on the Illini beat, chatted with the Illini star as well as his coach, Jake Stewart.

Loren Tate, on the Illini beat for 51 years, might have met his match in UI historian Mike Pearson, author of the popular Illini Legends, Lists and Lore. On Tuesday, the two huddle in our NG Media studios to discuss all things Illini — including when football and basketball will return to glory.

In his 51 years on the beat, Loren Tate has seen plenty of shots like Nebraska’s buzzer-beating three-pointer that sank Brad Underwood's Illini late Monday night. In this week’s podcast, Tate recounts the biggest shots that did in the Illini, from Matt Sylvester's dagger to end the 2005 regular season to Sean Higgins' putback that stopped Lou Henson's Final Four team in '89 to the time the host AD admitted the timekeepers robbed the Illini in their 1966 loss at West Virginia.

This week's announcement that Dana Howard made the College Football Hall of Fame got us thinking about the days when Illinois was referred to as Linebacker U (ask your parents about it). Where does Howard rank among the greatest Illini…

This week's announcement that Dana Howard made the College Football Hall of Fame got us thinking about the days when Illinois was referred to as Linebacker U (ask your parents about it). Where does Howard rank among the greatest Illini linebackers? In this week's Tatelines: Unedited, Loren Tate gives us his Top 10 plus others who just missed the cut.

Loren Tate spent 2017 just like his first 51 years on the Illini beat: Traipsing around campus with pen and notebook in hand. We asked him for his 10 best moments from the past 12 months and he delivered, even finishing his weekly podcast with a surprise (hint: It's about the Braggin' Rights game in St. Louis).

The lone coaching holdover from John Groce's staff has his hands full this season: He's in charge of tutoring the Illini's talented yet inexperienced guards. Loren Tate visited Walker at Ubben Basketball Complex to discuss the backcourt, recruiting and what the rest of Brad Underwood's first season holds.