Big Ten Basketball: Indiana, Michigan, and Iowa top uniforms in league

Illinois has so much potential for what they could do with their uniform but they seem to miss the mark on too many things. They do have some good things going for them though. The stripe on the side looks good and it goes up the jersey also, that is a plus in my book. It is much better than what they were trying to do on the side of their uniforms in the past. I also like the American flag on their jersey also.

The problem (and there are a few) is they tried to get to fancy with the rest of the uniform. First, let’s talk about lettering. Why does it have to be two colors and why do the I’s look like ones? Most people see a block I and associate it with Illinois so why are they not using it in their uniform. But wait they do. They have it on the front of the waistline, but it is the same color as the shorts so it is hard to see. If they did it with a contrasting color, say orange on the white pants, it would pop and would bring something to the uniform.

What they need to do is go back permanently (this will become a theme for many teams) to their old uniforms where they have Fighting Illini on the chest. It works for Illinois to do that and when they were the throwbacks it is a great site. Also on those uniforms, they use the block I on the side of the shorts and the stripes look good also. Use that and you will climb that list. Continue to use multi-color lettering and weird looking I’s and you will stay at the bottom. So much potential and so much wasted.