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This season has been freshly written legend for Illini Nation. Regardless of today’s result. We will remember this forever. We will tell of its story to our children with nostalgic and joy in our voices. And I thank all of you for sharing this season with me. Special thanks to Pruman for his...

E-LITE. An epic battle… but in the end, we bottled the Cyclones up. What composure. From everyone. I have no more oxygen - just happy. Love y’all. All of you deserved this. Now let’s go rock UConn right in the face. Lett’em know Illinois aint scared uh nobody.

The TSJ suspension. And the feeling of a promising season stolen. The home loss to Maryland. Letting one slip in Evanston. The collapse at Penn St. Folks questioning if Luke Goode deserves minutes. Giving away the game at East Lansing. The inability to match Purdue down the stretch. * To...

Who gwan test Dain Dain-ja and the Dreadlock Mafia? TSJ, Dain, Ty, and Dra, brah. In da spa with Tom Izzo wife autograaphin ha bra, ya. Eh mayne, can Duquesne contain Dain? Do you got a brain?

Champions.

TSJ Madness Mode: Activated. But I also want to honor Luke Goode. A lot of folks have heaped a lot of doo doo on the kid’s name this season. And tonight, Luke shot the ball, grabbed tough rebounds, and gave effort like not a single toxic syllable ever touched his ear. With untarnished...

The Dancing Bear unloads a season’s worth of bench frustration. Could this entire year have been a hero’s journey for Mr. Dainja? With his most magnificent moments still to come? Hawkins with some deeply redemptive, winning plays in crunch time. Survive and advance. Some worrisome stretches...

READY TO DANCE. * Quincy Fans in high heels from Wrigley to Comiskey, To be Frank, he love girls tall like Kaminsky. Former All-PAC 10 captain of mackin, Now he hoop in Champaign, slash and attackin. Terrance Shannon, dammit. The one man high speed transit; bulldoze Iowan broke h**s and he...

Marcus Domask. A warrior comes home, orange flag in hand and carrying in the wind like his own growing legend. Quad 1 win. Nurtured a fragile lead and took care of an always tough roadkill win like a newborn baby. Slapped Wisconsin in its already swollen face with all our weapons and played...

The Gophers were on fire. But the better team won, nonetheless. Not enough defensive resistance, for sure. But several gophers were abnormally nice from deep tonight. Game ball to Dain Dainja for spinning gold from his precious minutes on the floor, making winning plays on both sides of the...

Niccolo Moretti bringin the mini Italian Renaissance to the second half. A worrisome win is better than any kind of loss. Point blank. Plus Iowa has been playing much better than their record, as of late. Shoutout to #4 for a handful of winning plays that helped the team Harmonize down the...

Great. Win. The first of several demons to exorcise, this season. Salute to Marcus Domask aka the Transfer Market Treasure for breaching 2000 career points. One or two agonizing stretches that made you want to punch yourself, but they ultimately dug deep to protect and nurture a meager lead...

Agonizing f- loss. But Happy Chinese New Year nonetheless, Illini family. Gotta maintain positivity on the auspicious day, so… I’m gonna focus on how Terrance Shannon is returning to form. Running the open court, explosive and fluid and powerful. Capable of carrying the team in critical...

Inexcusable end of regulation. But let’s honor the good things: Orange and blue energy was visible today, especially on the offensive glass. Shoutout to Hawkins for a powerfully efficient game. Shoutout to Ty Rodgers for for his rebound hunting technique - they should study it at military...

Burned Columbus down. You can feel the power building. TSJ taking the final steps in his rebirth. [insert Vader breathing] The team steadily fusing their powers together… to become a more seamlessly integrated and fiery force of cold blooded conquest. [cue the Imperial March] Here come...