Illini Basketball 2026-2027

#401      
Fly Illini Fly!
Our last (televised) exhibition against Ole Miss was a monumental horror show.

Unfortunately, it revealed the theme for quite a few games that season: blowouts where the team had no resistance and couldn't make a shot to save their life.
 
#403      
Juju
Dan said:
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I still don't understand why the Illinois-Indiana rivalry has been relegated to a home-and-home series with only 1 game every year. If you had said that would happen back in the '80s or 2000s, well then you'd probably have Illini and Hoosier fans uniting on something for once with their hatred of that idea.
 
#405      
RabidDawgClassic
Juju said:
I still don't understand why the Illinois-Indiana rivalry has been relegated to a home-and-home series with only 1 game every year. If you had said that would happen back in the '80s or 2000s, well then you'd probably have Illini and Hoosier fans uniting on something for once with their hatred of that idea.
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Maybe that’ll change when Indiana gets good again. 😎
 
#407      
EmeraldCityIllini
RabidDawgClassic said:
Maybe that’ll change when Indiana gets good again. 😎
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#413      
lstewart53x3
Fly Illini Fly! said:
Well, they beat us in the tournament one year ago:

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My biggest gripe with his ranking would be St. John’s at 18.
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One calendar year ago. Two seasons ago. And then the following year, with the most expensive roster in the country, they finished at #29 in KenPom and Torvik, got a 7 seed, and lost in the second round. Meanwhile, we made the F4.

And heading into this season, we’re projected in the top 5 and they’re projected outside the top 10.
 
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