The 2025-26 college basketball season begins next week with the first official practices. The biggest sign hoops is here? Emails have gone out
to beat writer Scott Richey to get his AP Top 25 ballot ready and to start thinking about how he'll rank the Big Ten teams from 1-18. Basketball in
the fall also means visit season to Champaign, and Richey discusses it all in this week's episode of Inside Illini Basketball.