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    Bracketology

    IIRC, the committee also likes to avoid regular season rematches, so if Tennessee or Marquette manage to get the 1, then it’ll be 2/2 that we get UConn or Houston. The only solution? Keep winning and get a 3!
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    I know that we like to speculate about starters, but wouldn’t our most efficient lineup be more like: Transfer PG TSJ Domask Ty Rodgers ColeHawk In other words, I want Ty to play as many minutes he possibly can, and it’s hard to run him and Dain out there together as 2 non-shooters…
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    College Hoops Coaching Carousel

    From what was alluded to last year and from Coleman’s comments after the Arkansas game, it was pretty clear that Skyy was told he would start and play a significant role in the offense. It would have been very hard to get any qualify transfer PG with a guaranteed backup role, playing 10 minutes...
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    College Hoops Coaching Carousel

    Avoided diving into whatever the heck the thread was yesterday, so hopefully a day to reflect has people off the “Brad sucks” bandwagon. It sounds like the base case is that he’ll continue to be our coach, and I’ll continue to be very happy that he’s our coach. Anyway, there’s a lot of...
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    Bracketology

    Kind of seems like he was on a publishing deadline? Saw our halftime score, pro formaed that we were going to get blown out, and dropped us 2 seed lines. Doesn’t make a lot of sense otherwise. His brackets publish overnight, and he (like me) is getting older and probably wants to be in bed by...
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    Pregame: Illinois vs Indiana, Thursday, January 19th, 7:30pm CT, FS1

    Completely agree that limiting JHS is the key to the game. He’s a little bigger of a player and Indiana’s starting 5 in general is a little bigger. Any chance that Ty starts over Harris for this game as our defensive stopper/energy guy?
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    Sydney Brown, Devon Witherspoon will not play in bowl game

    This is the same argument we’ve had for decades in a slightly different flavor. “Traditionalists” not wanting to pay players (NIL), keep players locked into schools (transfer portal), and now play in bowl games. It’s time that we recognize that college football is now a professional sport...
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    Pregame: Illinois vs Mississippi State, Monday, January 2nd, 11:00am CT, ESPN2

    In my mind, the main difference is that the bowl game is potentially 1 month+ from the last game of the regular season. You go from a weekly routine to having to stay in the same mentality through the holidays. Letting yourself slip even a little can increase the chance for injuries. I'm a...
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    Pregame: Illinois vs Texas, Tuesday, December 6th, 6:00pm CT, ESPN

    This is really the same narrative last year that Da'Monte got too many minutes and/or shouldn't start. It's obvious that Brad values the defense, energy, switchability, and intensity that these guys bring (more than say, a potential increase in offensive efficiency). The only alternative to...
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    Game Thread: Illinois at Northwestern

    Not sure where to put this, but annoying that Chase Brown is going to lose out on being the top rusher in the country. DeWayne McBride over at UAB has 272 (on 16 carries...) in the middle of the third to take over the lead. LA Tech not even trying out there...
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    Pregame: Illinois vs UCLA, Friday, November 18th, 8:30pm CT, ESPNU

    Helps us that UCLA and Baylor football both hosting rivalry games this weekend (TCU in Waco and USC in Westwood) Pretty cool seeing all the orange on the strip. Looking forward to seeing how hard we invade the other sections
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    Purdue 31, Illinois 24 Postgame

    You’re certainly free to make your own choices about how to spend your time and money, but what a weird take. If this was a “prove it” year for the team, haven’t they already done more than enough so far (even with some questionable decision making)? In other words, you chose to go to the games...
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    Las Vegas games (Nov. 18th & 20th)

    Any kind of pregame/postgame rallies? Any kind of meet and greets? I guess generally also any kind of social gatherings outside of the games as well. Just thinking about how to plan my days in Vegas!
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    Las Vegas games (Nov. 18th & 20th)

    Does anyone know if there are any school or club sponsored events this week? Throught I saw something in a previous thread, but don’t remember exactly where
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (August 2018)

    This made me LOL. I don't know if it's quite that dire. The old Research in Motion status I would reserve for a school like Depaul. I was tempted to say that we're Microsoft in this example, but I think that's an argument for UCLA to make. I would call us Hewlett Packard. Good historical brand...