Recent content by AyoDos11

I love Trollman so much

Wow, I did not know this. I and my extended family live in Illinois and have some Lithuanian ancestry.

The Metro East is indeed a very unique place. The majority of people here have a deep connection to a city which is in a state that they have an intense rivalry with, while simultaneously having another intense rivalry with a city in their own state. I can't think of any other situation like it...

Another aspect of Coleman transferring that I haven't seen talked about: When he gets drafted in 2025, he won't be known as Hawkins from Illinois, but rather Hawkins from X school. Every website with a player profile and every in-game graphic will have the name of the school he last played with...

I find it hilarious how, about a week or so ago, many on here were freaking out about having 4 open scholarships, only 2 returning players, no alpha, etc. Now we add one player and it's the deepest team in Illinois basketball history.

In cyrillic his name would be written as Егор Дёмин. The letter ё (yo), is often written as е (ye) for simplicity. Plus on a Russian keyboard it is on the upper left corner, farther than q on a qwerty keyboard. This is why Russian names with yo are often translated into English as ye. (Gorbachev...

How could you not be a fan of Coleman after everything he accomplished here and how far he helped advance this basketball program?

They've won 4 playoff games since they got eliminated by the Cubs in the 2015 NLDS. FOUR!! Patience is the last thing we need.

Reminds me of this hilarious graphic:

Does any service carry them at this point?

It makes me sad that the conference is getting less intimate. Assuming they pick the schedules without considering rivalries, it will take 6 years to have a home and away with every team.