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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (October 2018)

    Sorry to keep beating the dead horse, but how much different would our recent history be if we managed to keep the Illinois kids that went to Ohio St.? The unfortunately long list includes Evan Turner, Lenzelle Smith Jr., Sam Thompson, Keita Bates-Diop,and now EJ Liddell. All were "getable"...
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    Transfers Thread

    Thanks, BlindLoyalty. I guess the News-Gazette would have been a good place to look. Can't blame him for wanting to get out after spending his whole life in Champaign and also looking for a better basketball fit.
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    Transfers Thread

    With Finke's final 5 out, did we ever get the story on the reason behind his transfer? To me, he was the one guy whose departure was puzzling. All of the others seemed to have a somewhat logical story behind it. Lucas was looking at limited playing time next year. Mark Smith just needed a...
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    UI Basketball's Biggest Rival(s)

    As someone said above, it has fluctuated based upon our level and that of the other schools. In the late 80's, it was probably Michigan. In the early 2000's, it was Michigan St. as we were both battling for Big Ten titles. In the mid-2000's it shifted some to Wisconsin. But one team has been...
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    Illinois Football Performance Center

    Prior to the new student section, there was nothing on the north side of MS to block. It's not so much what a football facility should look like, just that it should fit in with our existing beautiful and historic stadium. As others have said, look at Soldier Field for an extreme example of...
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    Illinois Football Performance Center

    Count me among the meh group. I love the fact we are building a facility, but for $79 million I expected more wow factor. Agree with the comments about the architectural style being off and blocking beautiful Memorial Stadium. Some are saying this doesn't matter, but for this price these...
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    The new basketball uniforms

    Hated the zig-zag the day it was revealed and hate it still today. Agree with not going all Flyin' Illini all the time. I actually liked the BP3/DJ uniforms with the two tone font. They were simple but sharp in all three colors.
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    Mark Alstork transfers to Illinois

    Just came on the wingam.com link. Listen live.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (April 2017)

    I was just thinking how Te'Jon, Frazier, and Smith would look together. It may look a lot like Dee, Deron, and Luther, although anything close to their level would be a huge win.
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    Brad Underwood Named Illini Basketball Coach

    Underwoood Hire Discussed on Pardon My Take I don't know if anyone listens to the Pardon My Take podcast (highly recommended), but they had Dan Dakich on as a guest last week. After discussing Crean and Indiana and naked Bob Knight (really), they asked him about Illinois's hire of Underwood...
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    Michigan 75, Illinois 55 POSTGAME

    Amen. But what that really means is we are nowhere near where we want to be in the first place.
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    Michigan 75, Illinois 55 POSTGAME

    John Beilein is a good basketball coach. John Groce is not. We need to go find a good basketball coach now.
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    Game Thread: Illinois vs Michigan

    Jon Crispin might be the most optimistic Illini fan ever.
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    Winthrop 84, Illinois 80 OT POSTGAME

    Haha, this should be the tagline of Alioneye.com.
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    Winthrop 84, Illinois 80 OT POSTGAME

    As usual, Robert says it best. "But after a loss like this, I’m just whipped. I’ve held out such hope that John Groce could eventually turn things around, and after tonight, it looks like there’s no chance that happens."