Recent content by Bucktown

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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    That team would have certainly been an NCAA tournament team if not for the probation. Kiwane Garris was pretty impactful as well. *Deon beat me to it.
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    Chicago Bears 2024

    Below are some quotes from a Crain's Chicago Business article. Mayor Johnson is not bright enough to realize he's getting fleeced. "The Bears would provide $2.3 billion toward the $3.2 billion stadium costs under the plan. Public subsidies would make up the difference, and taxpayers would...
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    I'll bite. So 50% in the A-10 equals what in the Big 10? Also unless the culture talk is a bunch of bs (which is the direction it is trending) having a foundational player in the program certainly has value that doesn't show up in individual game statistics. Ultimately, the value of Brea over...
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    Coaching Carousel (Basketball)

    Can the situation relocate away from Champaign?
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    Loyalty Bingo - 2024 Edition

    Dominant erupt
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    Coaching Carousel (Basketball)

    I actually grew up in So IL where we only had 4 stations from 4 different cities (Paducah-NBC, Cape Girardeau-CBS, Harrisburg-ABC and PBS from SIU Carbondale). My neighbor's dad who was a doctor and was always showing off with the latest gadgets put up tallest antenna in town, just so he could...
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    Coaching Carousel (Basketball)

    You needed a UHF antenna to get those.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Maybe, but it was time.
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    Games Thread - The National Championship

    You are likely not the target of all of those ads. There are millions people, especially girls and young women, that adore her. Associating your company with the Caitlin Clark brand is good business.
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    Conference Realignment

    If California is so 'attractive' why did no one want them? There are some serious flaws in whatever criteria they are using.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    He also lost his man a lot in off the ball defense.
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    Illini Basketball

    If you squint you can see some logic in the waiver. It is about fairness. Say you have two kids who start playing the same year. One gets hurt in 2020-21 and one in 2021-22. They have each played the same number of years, but one gets a medical waiver to play another and one doesn't.
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    UConn 77, Illinois 52 Postgame

    I have no respect for anyone playing the victim card especially when they are not one. I found him insufferable, and he may now be my least favorite coach. They were up by 30 and he’s in the middle of the court trying to get the crowd riled up.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    His scoring could improve. If he became a 16-18 pt scorer that would certainly improve his stock.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    They get a full extra year. They did it to give the kids an incentive to play.