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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    The only thing I can think of as potential skillset needs would be a guy who keeps the ball on a string to break the press, and a board banging small forward to give Mirk a rest. (By the way, I remember the scouting report on Mirk - that he could go strong inside. I recall thinking no way could...
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    My teen son with mild to tepid interest in basketball walked by while Mick Cronin was being interviewed and said "bro has no aura".
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Where do you think we'll be in the pre-season rankings?
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    I recall watching Ty play for team USA and looking forward to his arrival in Champaign. The guy has had some adversity thrown his way. Hope he destroys it somewhere else - (hopefully in the Big East or some other non-BIG conference!)
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    3/19 Games Thread

    I actually think the B10 is over-rated and we'll see some early losses, similar to how SEC football teams get over rated by playing each other and artificially boosting their resumes. Hopefully not us though.
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    Illinois #5 in 2/2 AP Poll

    Did anyone see what Nebby fans were doing? I love a little bit of this, but he's a young guy and could lose his head if he's not careful.
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    CFP Games

    Wow Dan
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    Game Thread: Illinois vs Maryland

    They’re shocked
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    Coaching Carousel (Football)

    Indiana’s meteoric rise has to be close to unprecedented. Love seeing our program rise from the ashes, but Indiana is storybook stuff.
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    College Sports / Conference Realignment

    Sign of progress in that SEC fans aren't naming Illinois anymore as cupcake BIG10 programs. Purdue, Rutgers, MD chief targets.
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    Illini Football 2025

    I wondered after our Bowl victory if it was better to end like we did, or like Indiana. We won a game that was played a whole 10 days later. Their playoff loss was on a Friday night, pre-Christmas, one-sided... I guess you always aim for the playoffs, but it seemed like their season ended on a...
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    CFB Playoff & Bowl Games

    If note yet posted, Dan Wetzel article with prominent mention of Illini: https://www.yahoo.com/sports/as-ohio-state-collects-big-tens-second-straight-national-title-the-sec-is-left-wondering-where-its-dominance-went-065524281.html "That’s two in a row for the Big Ten, the second one coming...
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    Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

    Love what the Nebby kid says about Coach B "Then especially against South Carolina when he held up his arms at them, that was really fun. I like that. I like a coach that has some grit to him." Citrus Bowl was a great day for Bert.
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    Illinois 21, South Carolina 17 Postgame

    So, I watched the highlights and I think I understand what happened between Bret and Beamer. When our player went down (Juice Clark?), I didn't get a clear view but it looks like one of the South Carolina coaches runs in and pats his leg. At first, I thought it was actually good sportsmanship -...
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    Pregame: Illinois vs South Carolina, Tuesday, December 31st, 2:00pm CT, ABC

    Fun fact, Illinois has never beat an SEC team in football. Let's go Illini!, make it a first.
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