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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    This is pretty darn good. The only thing I would differ on is removing the dumbfounded Bruce gif with a denzel and maybe some reference to pizza hut parking lot instead of clownzo since he's long gone.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    and before that Jereme Richmond, Dee Brown, Brian Cook, and Frank Williams
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    It would be his 7th season on a roster. He played through 12 games at Texas tech, one injury season at Alabama and one healthy year, and three years at Michigan. It would be his 6th playing year.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Burnett has already played in 5 seasons not including the injury season. There's no way he's getting a 7th year.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Scottie grew 7 and Dennis grew 9 or 10 inches after high school.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    I have no concerns about offense. Who's going to help Dre on defense. I think our ability to have lateral defenders is being undermined. True we have size but in tight games you have to have two or three guys that can lock down similar to having two or three that can just get a bucket down the...
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Id be more worried with Michigan. They got national championship caché and funds, they're in the B1G, and he's from Michigan.
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    Games Thread

    UConn lost the same way we did. The shots they needed to fall just didn't fall. Both threes and shots in the paint. It was a good strategy to shorten possessions against juggernauts like Illinois and Michigan but I think Michigan had the better defensive horses to disrupt UConn's flow and also...
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    Coaching Carousel (Basketball)

    He's no idiot. He's still gotta navigate a world without Stirtz and Iowa will be a lot more patient in that journey than UNC would.
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    Coaching Carousel (Basketball)

    What's most interesting about this NIL era is it's kind of stabilized the coaching carousel for programs that aren't exactly blue bloods but willing to invest in their programs. Coaches are utilizing openings to not only gain better contracts for themselves but to enhance the facilities and...
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    UConn 71, Illinois 62 Postgame

    And people thought I was crazy for wanting Duke instead. I just think we would've matched up better against them.
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    UConn 71, Illinois 62 Postgame

    Their threes went in. Ours didn't. We just didn't have enough luck.
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    Coaching Carousel (Basketball)

    That's because someone else was still helping in the shadows. When youre still able to get the top Jimmy's and joes it makes it a lot easier to handle the Xs and Os.
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    3/28-3/29 Games Thread

    I wanted Duke. I think we match up better against them. Hopefully we learned enough from new York and we get them in our backyard like they did us.
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    Illinois 65, Houston 55 Postgame

    They hadn't seen a team of our size all season. I think that's been a problem for a lot of teams facing B1G teams. We just gotta control the boards and run iowa off the three point line and we will be in Indy!
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