Illinois head football coach Bret Bielema will be the Chicago Cubs' guest conductor for the famous seventh-inning stretch at Wrigley Field for a fifth consecutive year, and Illinois basketball coaches Shauna Green and Brad Underwood are set to throw out the ceremonial first pitches!
Bielema, Green, and Underwood will attend the Illini's Pregame Party at Budweiser Brickhouse Tavern. Admission is free for the pregame event and no game ticket is necessary. Illinois football All-Big Ten players QB Luke Altmyer, OL Josh Gesky, OLB Gabe Jacas, and OL Josh Kreutz and other Illini special guests will also attend the pregame party.