The university is located in central Illinois across the towns of Champaign and Urbana. The school is well known for its academics, athletics, party scene, and school spirit. It is consistently ranked among the top universities in America in U.S. News and World Report. The university is commonly recognized for its exceptional engineering and business programs. It was also ranked the eighteenth best party school in the United States in 2009 by the Princeton Review. It is home to the largest Greek Community in the country with over 50 fraternities and 30 sororities. Alumni from the university are some of the most successful men and women in America, this includes Roger Ebert, the founders of YouTube, Deron Williams, and much more. Whether it is attending a Big Ten football game, going out to the bars, or chanting the famous I-L-L-I-N-I chant the students of this campus love their school.

When you eat dirt for the first time and leave your family to build a shack in the woods

a crappy team with no heart that relies on pure luck and paying the refs to call the game for them. Runners up to UNC a couple of year ago but got there by many cheap fouls which were never called in the arizona regional final game. Home of loud cocky fans who don't know when theyve lost or cheated and home of wannabe basketball players who can't play for shit.