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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    To me, it has been intimated here Coleman was upset about his NIL deal relative to others this past year. His persistent narrative of wanting to move on and not taking away someone else’s spot, and Brad targeting players in the portal that appear to be replacements at his position, leads me to...
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Kind of sounds like the Calipari method at Kentucky. Unfortunately for Woodson he hasn’t been able to turn highly ranked players into winning teams. Even Cal has struggled with that lately. If it doesn’t work this year then I would hope for Woodson’s sake the contract buyout is significant.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Just my opinion - Firehouse and Jersey Mike’s are in a class alone. Jimmy John’s and Subway aren’t even worth mentioning (although I guess I just did) If you happen to find yourself in Pekin IL give Jimbo’s Jumbo a try. Solid local sandwiches!
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    Coaching Carousel (Basketball)

    Woohoo! First again!
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    Illini Basketball

    Well…never been first!
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    Coaching Carousel (Basketball)

    Not too concerned with a guy that returns a final four squad and gets tossed by the Fighting Purple. Let’s just continue to be the best in the B1G year after year!
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    Game Thread: Illinois vs Morehead State

    Work productivity is about to hit an all-time low.
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    Weekend of 3/15 Games Thread

    Gotta feel for Rollins from Kent State. Was a heck of a hard fought game on both sides. By the way, Bracketology this morning had us in the same pod as Akron. In the 3vs14 matchup
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    Game Thread: Illinois at Iowa

    “Stuck” in Jamaica - time and score?
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    Game Thread: Illinois at Michigan State

    Now that got a chuckle out of me!
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    Illinois 87, Nebraska 84 OT Postgame

    I’m very concerned about this team. With TSJ out we finally started using the length and athleticism combined with player and ball movement on offense and looked impossible to guard. We scored with efficiency inside the lane which opened up open outside opportunities. Now we are back to watching...
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    Game Thread: Illinois at Ohio State

    Time and score updates please for those of us with no 🦚
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    Game Thread: Illinois at Northwestern

    Hard to watch us do the same things that aren’t working and make the same mistakes over and again. Have to question some coaching decisions as well. Teams that make the second weekend play smarter than this. Hope to see improvement in the next month or so.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Would be interested in hearing the whole story but would be even more interested in hearing why Dee Brown isn’t welcome back. Hard to imagine in our society today and some of the second chances given to individuals that his error, whatever it was, can’t be forgiven.
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    Purdue 44, Illinois 19 Postgame

    As an owner of 4 of the 10,000 new season tickets sold this year I was drawn in with a few sips of the kool-aid left over from last year. I was still fairly optimistic about a bowl appearance before today’s game as well. Now - well…feel free to stop by and say hi in the Research Park! We’re...