Illini Basketball 2026-2027

#451      
Illini in Italy
RabidDawgClassic said:
If Illinois were to have celebrity courtside seats, who would be the five biggest non-athletes Illini fan stars to have a spot? I’m guessing they’d be:

1. Nick Offerman
2. Alan Ruck
3. Betsy Brandt
4. Ang Lee
5. Andy Richter

Top 5 Athlete stars

1. Deron Williams
2. Kendall Gill
3. Ayo
4. TSJ
5. Dee Brown

Non-Hollywood, non-athletes

1. Shad Khan
2. Larry Gies

Thoughts? Disputes?
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1. Me

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#452      
Illiniguy13
RabidDawgClassic said:
If Illinois were to have celebrity courtside seats, who would be the five biggest non-athletes Illini fan stars to have a spot? I’m guessing they’d be:

1. Nick Offerman
2. Alan Ruck
3. Betsy Brandt
4. Ang Lee
5. Andy Richter

Top 5 Athlete stars

1. Deron Williams
2. Kendall Gill
3. Ayo
4. TSJ
5. Dee Brown

Non-Hollywood, non-athletes

1. Shad Khan
2. Larry Gies

Thoughts? Disputes?
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Buy stock in Will Riley, like, yesterday...I think he's going to be a superstar in 5 years.
 
#453      
Emerson Bigguns
RabidDawgClassic said:
If Illinois were to have celebrity courtside seats, who would be the five biggest non-athletes Illini fan stars to have a spot? I’m guessing they’d be:

1. Nick Offerman
2. Alan Ruck
3. Betsy Brandt
4. Ang Lee
5. Andy Richter

Top 5 Athlete stars

1. Deron Williams
2. Kendall Gill
3. Ayo
4. TSJ
5. Dee Brown

Non-Hollywood, non-athletes

1. Shad Khan
2. Larry Gies

Thoughts? Disputes?
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Hugh Hefner would probably get some folks riled up...

Larry Ellison, 3rd richest guy in the world went to U of I for a couple years... (never did get a degree...from anywhere...)

Jerry Colangelo
Suzie Orman

Athletes:

Dick Butkus- I mean, c'mon...He's got a National award named after him...
Eddie Johnson (probably had the best NBA career of anyone not named Deron Williams, but his Illinois teams weren't great)
Derek Harper (same as Johnson. Odd stat: He and Eddie played exactly the same number of NBA games, 1199)
His Royal Frankness

I'd throw Luke Altmeyer in there as a crowd favorite right now...
 
#454      
WyattEarp
RabidDawgClassic said:
If Illinois were to have celebrity courtside seats, who would be the five biggest non-athletes Illini fan stars to have a spot? I’m guessing they’d be:

1. Nick Offerman
2. Alan Ruck
3. Betsy Brandt
4. Ang Lee
5. Andy Richter

Top 5 Athlete stars

1. Deron Williams
2. Kendall Gill
3. Ayo
4. TSJ
5. Dee Brown

Non-Hollywood, non-athletes

1. Shad Khan
2. Larry Gies

Thoughts? Disputes?
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(if graduating isn’t a stipulation) Gene Hackman…then Offerman….
 
#455      
Illiniguy13
Emerson Bigguns said:
Hugh Hefner would probably get some folks riled up...

Larry Ellison, 3rd richest guy in the world went to U of I for a couple years... (never did get a degree...from anywhere...)

Jerry Colangelo
Suzie Orman

Athletes:

Dick Butkus- I mean, c'mon...He's got a National award named after him...
Eddie Johnson (probably had the best NBA career of anyone not named Deron Williams, but his Illinois teams weren't great)
Derek Harper (same as Johnson. Odd stat: He and Eddie played exactly the same number of NBA games, 1199)
His Royal Frankness

I'd throw Luke Altmeyer in there as a crowd favorite right now...
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Didn't know we could include the deceased...
 
#457      
RabidDawgClassic
Emerson Bigguns said:
Hugh Hefner would probably get some folks riled up...

Larry Ellison, 3rd richest guy in the world went to U of I for a couple years... (never did get a degree...from anywhere...)

Jerry Colangelo
Suzie Orman

Athletes:

Dick Butkus- I mean, c'mon...He's got a National award named after him...
Eddie Johnson (probably had the best NBA career of anyone not named Deron Williams, but his Illinois teams weren't great)
Derek Harper (same as Johnson. Odd stat: He and Eddie played exactly the same number of NBA games, 1199)
His Royal Frankness

I'd throw Luke Altmeyer in there as a crowd favorite right now...
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WyattEarp said:
(if graduating isn’t a stipulation) Gene Hackman…then Offerman….
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I guess I should’ve stipulated we don’t want corpses on the sideline. 🤷‍♂️
 
#459      
wc_illini
bobmILLINI34 said:
For what it's worth, with the dust settling on the NBA draft and transfer portal etc., The Illini have settled in at number three in Kalshi over the past week.

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It's strange that Kalshi odds have deviated so much from traditional books (all of which according to VegasInsider have us #5 except one where we're T-#4 w/ UConn). The biggest difference is Michigan, which is still a clear #3 at all the books.
 
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