How to Watch Illinois vs. Baylor Exhibition: Game Time, TV Channel, Online Streaming and Odds

How to Watch Illinois vs. Baylor (Exhibition)

Game Time: 7 p.m. Friday

TV Channel: N/A

Online Streaming: B1G+

Odds: N/A

Quick Hits:

Illinois Fighting Illini (0-0, 0-0 Big Ten)

Head Coach: Brad Underwood (10th season)

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2025-26: 28-9 (15-5 Big Ten); lost in Final Four to UCONN

Last Game: Illinois 105, Cincinnati 96 (Exhibition)

Baylor Bears (0-0, 0-0 Big 12)

Head coach: Scott Drew (23rd season)

2025-26: 17-17 (6-12 Big 12)

What Happened the Last Time These Two Teams Played?

Illinois leads the all-time series 3-1.

Dec. 2, 2020: Baylor 82, Illinois 69

For 30 minutes, the Illini proved they belong with the big boys of college basketball.

Despite hanging with the Bears for a majority of the game, No. 2 Baylor (3-0) pulled away from No. 5 Illinois (3-1) 82-69 in the Jimmy V Classic in Indianapolis on Wednesday.

“It was a dog fight for a good portion of the game,” said head coach Brad Underwood after the Illini took their first lost of the year. “I give a lot of credit to Baylor. There’s a reason they won 23 straight. They showed their tenacity, their toughness.”

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When you find yourself going up against one of the best defensive teams in the nation, you’re going to need somebody outside of the usual suspects to step up. With Ayo Dosunmu getting locked up for the majority of the game, the Illini needed production from somewhere else.

Giorgi Bezhanishvili was the guy.

The junior gave Illinois 15 points and four rebounds off the bench — 13 of those points in the first half. Kofi Cockburn missed a hefty chunk of time in the first half with two fouls — and picked up his third less than a minute into the second half — so the Illini needed the Rustavi, Georgia, native to eat some minutes.

“I think we are right there,” Bezhanishvili said after the loss. “We just have to clean up little mistakes. Trent (Frazier) isn’t going to have nights like that with 6 turnovers. Kofi (Cockburn) isn’t going to have nights like that. (Ayo Dosunmu) isn’t going to shoot like…

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