Recent content by AEX

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    Game Thread: Illinois vs UConn

    Why are we just now driving and kicking?
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    Game Thread: Illinois vs UConn

    Jesus. This is embarrassing.
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    Game Thread: Illinois vs UConn

    Just got on here to post this.
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    Illinois 72, Iowa State 69 Postgame

    Yeah, stayed up to hear what they’d say. Spent 2 minutes and forty seconds on our game. What a joke.
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    Illinois 72, Iowa State 69 Postgame

    Whoever said score more than 70 and we win, give yourself a hearty pat on the back. Congrats to our guys for showing a ton of resilience. TSJ with big plays. Domask was key. But for me the difference in this game was Coleman Hawkins consistently making good decisions under pressure. Don’t want...
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    Game Thread: Illinois vs Iowa State

    Ticky. Tack. $hit.
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    Game Thread: Illinois vs Iowa State

    Venture that if we have more missed free throws than turnovers in the second half, we win. 😅
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    Game Thread: Illinois vs Iowa State

    Thrilled with how well we have handled the double team. Using our size and passing skills well. Feel like we lost focus there on defense a little bit around the 6 minute mark and never really got it back. If we can stay locked in on defense, we have this thing.
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    Illinois 89, Duquesne 63 Postgame

    Amazing win. Fun. Cathartic. Did we get a tough bracket? So be it.
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    Purdue 83, Illinois 78 Postgame

    You called the Purdue game plan for Ty in the pre-game. Probably not the win you were looking for, but nevertheless.
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    Illinois 96, Northwestern 66 Postgame

    The offensive rebound was an air ball that fell right to him. On the defensive end, he failed to block out at least a couple times, one of which led to an offensive rebound where Cohawk blocked the subsequent shot. Like I said, I thought he played well overall, but if I had to guess why he...
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    Illinois 96, Northwestern 66 Postgame

    Went back to watch Dain’s minutes in the first half to see if there’s anything that would draw Brad’s ire. Dain does a lot of things well, but, tonight at least, he wasn’t putting a lot of effort into rebounding. Goode is getting minutes right now because of effort on rebounding and D, not...
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    Illini Basketball 2023-2024

    Underwood said in the interview after the practice that they're working on basic stuff for the moment, to get the new guys up to speed for the Spain trip. It might be too early to predict the quality of our offense in November, December, etc., based on what we're seeing in videos Aug. 2nd.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Worked there for three years in the early, early 00's. The smell of gyros would follow me around the rest of the day if I worked the lunch shift - drove classmates nuts. Loved that place. Kills me that I can't go back when I visit. Oh, and, uh, how about them 'cruits?
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    Arkansas 73, Illinois 63 Postgame

    You hear people say that a certain player needs to play within themself. That doesn’t mean being passive but recognizing your strengths and playing aggressively towards them. Brad’s lesson from this year needs to be to coach within himself. Brad is a culture guy and the last four years he has...