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    Illini in the Pros (Basketball)

    What is most important for the Clippers is that journeyman Kris Dunn is starting and getting more minutes than Keaton while the Clippers are at the bottom of the standings. That’s what coach “sees” as most valuable right now. No reason to give your lottery pick minutes when Kris Dunn is on...
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    UCLA 22, Illinois 14 Postgame

    It’s an excuse but again one- the weather couldn’t have been worse for our chances of winning. Knowing we needed to throw the ball to win and they were going to pound on the ground, having to play in a rainstorm is the worst possible (in LA at least). Add to that it seemed the couple of breaks...
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    UCLA 22, Illinois 14 Postgame

    The same guy that rolled on top of him stepped on his face mask it looked like- Katin’s chin was cut as well as the nose bleed- I don’t think I've ever seen that before
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    Illinois at Duke, Tuesday, November 17th, 6:00pm CT, ESPN

    I hope we initiate more with Andrej giving him a high ball screen up top to get downhill. He’s our best offensive threat right now and he’s passing it well- need to get him going against Duke Also Tomi is deadly on the corner threes - can we please get him those more than the ones on top- it...
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    Game Thread: Illinois at Texas Tech

    Most surprising is that we seemed completely unprepared to play this game. What offense is this? We’re resorting back to ball screens because we can run our normal offense Defensively we have no idea what we’re doing, leaving guys wide open and putting Tomi in drop coverage can’t be the...
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    Pregame: Illinois at Texas Tech, Tuesday, November 10th, 7:00pm CT, Peacock

    We’ll have 5 freshman playing significant minutes on the road in a hostile environment for their first time. As good as Keaton was last year - his games against Alabama and UConn last year were bad. (And those were technically neutral) But he bounced back against Tennessee It might be more of...
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    Pregame: Illinois at Texas Tech, Tuesday, November 10th, 7:00pm CT, Peacock

    Stilwell is playing tomorrow, TTU coach announced so whatever was wrong with his foot must be better. Helps them defensively and on the boards for sure
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    Pregame: Illinois at UCLA, Friday, November 13th, 8:00pm CT, FOX

    Minny seemed to be hanging with UCLA outside of two 75 yard TD passes on back to back one play TD drives in the second half! Kind of remarkable to give that up back to back, so we have to limit those big plays but I don’t think we’ll be overwhelmed- their QB likes to run, but our rush is so...
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    Illinois 24, Nebraska 13 Postgame

    This game seemed like a carbon copy of the Oregon game- it starts off with them dominating and you wonder if it’s going to be a blowout because we can’t stop them and our offense can’t do anything and then it flips and all of a sudden our defense steps up big time and our offense starts making...
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    Pregame: Illinois at Texas Tech, Tuesday, November 10th, 7:00pm CT, Peacock

    Good point. Also, The offense is predicated on either beating the other team down the court in transition or in half court being able to draw a help defender without using a screen in order for the cutting and passing to work. So that means Andrej, Coleman and to a lesser extent Vaaks are the...
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    Pregame: Illinois at Texas Tech, Tuesday, November 10th, 7:00pm CT, Peacock

    He’s also been in a walking boot for the first two games with some kind of foot ailment, so there’s that. He would help them on the boards for sure if he plays
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    Illini Basketball 2026-2027

    To be fair, Last years offense against the best defensive teams we faced (Michigan, MSU, UConn) didn’t fare very well, so that would be a data point that change is good- if nothing else it’s a more balanced versatile scheme so if one player is shut down someone else can easily be more featured...
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    Illinois 120, Fairleigh Dickinson 45 Postgame

    https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&hs=wQbB&sca_esv=494ff4588f26de6a&hl=en-us&sxsrf=AKL5yDheVhhemjo-aYef8uKHJxiqBUL8kg:1793748804287&udm=vids&fbs=ACAhTvzijGmM2JzKh02W4gbGz6y-Y3ZNVKLJyDoUFCZkBEIhDRlMHUEE7WII9KEDwK1otDjaIXAwZKssGRlZaS6POFpsv-b_YoWJuIrLZB4Px-H9NRA-L3gV1V3NCZX0tdbO02lCyEZndsJ...
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    2026-2027 Season Predictions Thread

    30-2, 20-0 in the Big Ten
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