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    Illini Basketball 2026-2027

    Yep - I bet the list of teams who won a title without that being their primary expressed goal is pretty much nil. Saying it doesn't make it happen but when you set that as the goal or expectation & drive every decision toward that end you have a much better chance of seeing it thru to completion.
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    Illini Basketball 2026-2027

    Appreciate Brad just coming right out & saying what the goal is. That should absolutely be the target. Might not hit it but f it lets shoot for it. Some coaches seem to shy away from that stuff. I don't think you ever get there unless you are willing to come right out & say that is the...
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    Coaching Carousel (Basketball)

    Meeeeccchhhaaggggiinnnn - come win a title but know you will always be irrelevant compared to football. Good for them.
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    Coaching Carousel (Basketball)

    I ain't sad about this news thats for sure!!
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    High School Sports

    At least the 2nd half will only last exactly 24 minutes with the running clock. First half might take 3.5 hours though.
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    Illini Basketball 2026-2027

    This is correct. UConn had the game luck that day. We did not. We got plenty of good open shots that just didn't fall. UConn played well & got a few luck plays to go their way. IMO, we were the better team. We just didn't do the one thing that matters the most. Put the ball in the hole...
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    College Sports (Football)

    The SEC remains undefeated in the hypothetical world of hypothetical football. Never lost a game out of league to anyone ever. And all this talk about matchups and such. Heck when bowl season comes around the sec team is the defacto home team 80% of the time outside the playoff games. Just...
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    College Sports (Basketball)

    We beat Houston 3 miles from campus. KY in Louisville should be a breeze. Any Lville people in the building sure as heck aint rooting for Big Blue. Pay those SOB's back for 1984 once & for all.
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    College Sports (Basketball)

    You have your #'s wrong. The 6 plays the 11 & the 5 plays the 12 in the 64 team bracket.
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    College Sports (Basketball)

    He is IHSA royalty. Few were ever better.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Wasn't "taking shots" at all. McBride was a damn good high school player. Never said he wasn't. Had originally just pointed out that he was originally the #1 recruit in the country in like 8th grade or freshman year. He had some physical issues as he got older that caused his game to stall...
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    True. Certainly by his sophomore year Iggy passed him by.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    As an aside, Rich McBride was rated #1 in his class in like 8th grade or freshman year. He was fully grown by basically freshman year of high school so had a physical advantage. As he got older he started having some injury troubles that took away some of his pop by the time he got to...
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Bruce Douglas was a McDonalds All American in 1982.
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    2026 Formula 1

    Any rule change that allows less than continual acceleration on the straights & no random drop off in speed is against the very nature of racing. Racing at the top levels should be such that the car is "faster" than the track is capable of. This forces driver skill, car setup, car control &...
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