Recent content by 5280Illini

I'm watching the TNT pregame show and the Illini fans in the background booing Bruce Pearl made me smile. I-L-L.

This may be a dumb question, but I'm looking at tickets on Ticket master and is our game Session 6?

Thanks for the response and insight. Personal dynamics (Brad's relationship with his staff/players) and organizational dynamics (team) can be fascinating.

Genuine question for you, since you've got an informed viewpoint. With all the hate towards Hamer on this board, for a casual observer, (if any of us on this board can be categorized as that) it seems like there's a disconnect between how many of our fans view of Hamer vs. Brad's view. I would...

Dominant erupt?

It was just after the game ended iirc. Will was walking towards the sideline and Tomi quickly gave him some brotherly love.

Did anyone see Tomi give Will a congratulatory kiss on the cheek? Adorable. Well done boys!

Illinois will not reach its ceiling without consistent play from KJ.

I watch their Illini content, but it really feels like they cover the Illini solely for clicks. The analysis, if any, is usually pretty light and they miss nuance. I definitely prefer the content that Jeremy Warner and team put out.

Big 12, per the announcers.

Do you know when they shut down? Good memories of that place.

Does anyone have a comp for Will Riley? I used the search function, but didn't find much.

Haha... thanks for this. I googled HRF and Illinois baksetball... no dice.

I know the term resiliency gets thrown around a lot in sports, but it's been great to see this team respond each time Wisky made a run.

I expected an inconsistent start to the year, but not quite like this. I saw a couple of posts in the reddit game thread that indicated that there are chemistry issues due to discrepancy in NIL payments among the players. Any validity to this?