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    Pregame: Illinois vs Evansville, Thursday, November 8th, 7:00pm CT, BTN Plus

    Lots of chatter that Dainius is suspended on the Evansville forum but it's weird - no official announcement from UE. So we will have to see. Either way, I would expect an easy Illini win.
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    Pregame: Illinois vs Evansville, Thursday, November 8th, 7:00pm CT, BTN Plus

    I live in Iowa now. Lickliter was a great coach at Butler but he never recruited Big 10 players or really made the adjustment to playing in the Big 10. (And Butler was in the Horizon League back then.) His Iowa teams were bad and he is not remembered well by the Hawkeyes. But he was a great...
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    Pregame: Illinois vs Evansville, Thursday, November 8th, 7:00pm CT, BTN Plus

    Yes, I remember Delafield. Wow. I didn't know that Delafield ever had a grocery!
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    Pregame: Illinois vs Evansville, Thursday, November 8th, 7:00pm CT, BTN Plus

    Yes, McCarty is a Harrison grad. After playing for the Celtics, he coached with Rick Pitino a couple of years at Louisville and then was an assistant with Brad Stevens at Boston. One of his assistants is Todd Lickliter, former Butler and Iowa coach. A great coahcing staff and a lot of Butler...
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    Pregame: Illinois vs Evansville, Thursday, November 8th, 7:00pm CT, BTN Plus

    Evansville alum and fan here. My mom is from McLeansboro (a few years ahead of Jerry Sloan) and my dad is from Dahlgren. Stopped by your board to check on this year’s Illini and to see what the deal is with BTN+. Lots of excitement in Evansville about Walter McCarty but I sure wish we were...