Kenny Battle flight 33

[@ReeseMoe73]

Till this day Battle was my favorite Illini player ever... I remember screaming at the TV during Illinois games going nutts when Batle threw it down... ohhhh the good ole days of Illini basketball.

[@adamwalk]

My favorite player on my all-time favorite college team!!

[@thomasaustin316]

Love the Flying Illini.

[@craigroseburgh9348]

That team was loaded. Kenny Battle from my hometown of Holly Springs Mississippi and lived down the street from me. He later moved to Aurora Illinois as a young boy and starred at Aurora East.

[@keithglass4891]

Wow thats crazy because they never mention Holly Springs in his bio.

[@BigRootTerry]

He went to West Aurora not East

[@craigroseburgh9348]

@@BigRootTerry thanks for the correction.

[@BigRootTerry]

My AAU coach and hometown hero coach battle was the best we’ve seen out of Aurora IL 💯

[@darnellscotton6811]

The Flying Iliini were Fun to Watched, Loved Seeing them. Nick Anderson, Kendall Gill, Steve Bardo, Kenny Battle, Marcus Liberty and Lowell Hamilton!

[@jacob2549]

My dad went to highschool with him at West Aurora. My dad said his gym class would just watch him dunk

[@HuskeHardcore]

He was my favorite player back then and I still do not know how he did not make it big in the NBA.

[@kbattle33]

ILLINI IS GOING TO CRUSH THEM TIGERS TONIGHT......LETS GOOOOOOOOO ILLININATION,,,,ILLUMINATION FOR AN ALLTIME CREATION BY JOHN GROCE,,,THE NEW FIGHTING ILLINI WE'RE BACK.......

[@kbattle33]

he was my favorite player and still is, the culture he brought when, they only had subpar frontline so to speak, and after Ben did not make it their,,it seemed like it was inevitable that him and NICK ANDERSON BE LEADERS OF THEM GOING FORWARD AND HE SURE DID NOT HAVE NOT PROBLEM IN GRAVITATING IN MIDAIR..

[@garagedj]

@JustAintthatWay We always thought he would go NBA in High School. he was just so good

[@kbattle33]

I want to see him coach with the Illinois, I know he has the passion I wonder if the Illini will look to an remarkable athlete and a great leader.

[@alyssarios9987]

im so proud to be from aurora il

[@illinidmd]

bounce to Battle... SLAM DUNK, and a foul! WOO HOO!

[@lv00859]

NBA teams had him as too small to play PF and not enough jump shooting to play SF. I really always wished a team would have given him the shot. He could have played undersized PF like Barkely or Aguire.He played undersized in College and learned how to score and rebound and defend bigger players. SAD that was my favorite team of all time in college BBall.

[@gregoryhelton2408]

dam i love illinois basketball! !

[@JordanLittlejohn-jl4lj]

Kenny Battle was great in high school. Again, he is from the "ILL" and that say it all.

[@edscottable]

Hank Gathers or Kenny Battle

[@DrWillTickel]

the best!

[@lafayetteparker2959]

Kenny Was The Truth 🏀

[@cavaleer]

I don't know for sure but I don't think he could shoot well enough because he wasn't big enough to be a 3 or 4 in the NBA. That's the only thing I can think that would've derailed him.

[@jrhartline1916]

i went school we him watcht play hing bastken ball

[@whitegoosejuvy]

I love my Illini more than anything and I grew up watching bill selfs 05 team I thought they were the best Illini team... I’m just not so sure about that this team was special.

[@kbattle33]

If we get REGGIE THEUS WITH KENNY BATTLE WE WILL TAKEOFF AGAIN

[@davemurphy8249]

Overrated. Third best player on the team, NBA career says it all.

[@keithglass4891]

Overrated comment. The team was full of stars. His NBA career had nothing to do with he college career where he was not overrated. Smh

[@rnuss8304]

@@keithglass4891 I would have to say that Nick was the best player on the team, but Battle was the most exciting

[@travissmith428]

@@rnuss8304 I saw it first hand everyday. Kenny doesn’t take a back seat to anyone

[@chad3452]

no not at all overrated ... he was a great player in college he had 29pts in the final 4 i believe... kenny was a "tweener"