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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    OR wear a MSU jersey
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    Arizona 83, Illinois 79 Postgame

    BU recruited Trent to SFA (Groce won that battle), thus the two are extremely familiar with each other
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    12/13 Polls

    Looks good to me: 3. Purdue 1,319 12. Michigan State 707, 15. Ohio State 656, Wisconsin 156, Illinois 31, Michigan 8, Minnesota 3 Next 2/3 weeks prep for B10 Season (Phase IIA) Then a few weeks prep for B10 Tourney (Phase IIB) Then 3 days prep for MM (Phase III)
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    Illini Basketball 2021-2022

    I think this year is not a waste: BU still has Phase II (B10 games + Tourney) AND Phase III (March Madness) We are still in Phase I and we are where exactly where we were last year at this time: 7 - 3. We still have a few weeks to grind it out, until Phase II starts - the real serious part of...
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    Arizona 83, Illinois 79 Postgame

    BU recruited Trent very heavily while BU was at SFA. Trent is a very well known "entity" to BU and IIRC it was one reason Trent decided to stay back after the coaching switch
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    Arizona 83, Illinois 79 Postgame

    I would rank this AZ team #1. Very talented, working together, with confidence - and very young. IL convinced me that they are more than capable of a B10 title. But, it will have to be earned. And, the going will be very tough. I think we gave AZ the best run for their money and we will meet...
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    Arizona 83, Illinois 79 Postgame

    No Only Plummer, Frazier, Kofi and Grandison scored. No one else
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    Arizona 83, Illinois 79 Postgame

    Williams + Hawkins + Goode + Bosman + Melendez + Payne = 0 Frazier + Plummer + Cockburn + Grandison = 79 As coach just said (on the radio) we are not tough enough to win such games
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    Arizona 83, Illinois 79 Postgame

    25 points off 16 TOs And, the chirping when we had the Force with us. There is a trend there, where we build a large lead and then give it up. Unable to sustain leads. Belo will certainly help, but unless this team figures out how to play fast without TOs, we are in for such up/down rides
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    Game Thread: Illinois vs Arizona

    Very bland IL team
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    Game Thread: Illinois vs Arizona

    IL Energy is missing
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    Game Thread: Illinois vs Arizona

    IL/AZ Rbs: 24/22 OFRBs: 10/12 DFRBs: 14/10 Not much os a diff. But, point taken. Keep their ORBs down
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    Game Thread: Illinois vs Arizona

    Outside of the technical and +/- a minute or two, IL is on script IL/AZ FG% : 46/38 3p%: 42/33 FT%: 67/75 RBs: 24/22 Assists: 7/5 TOs: 10/8 Keep those chirps out (please)(W is more imp than some 1-on-1 talk) and we win by double digit
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    Pregame: Illinois vs Arizona, Saturday, December 11th, 4:00pm CT, FOX

    Per ESPN (https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/stats/_/id/12 and https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/stats/_/id/356) TOs: IL: 15.9 AZ: 12.4 Given that AZ will be playing in front of 15,000 screaming fans, the *chances* of them generation more TOs is real. In fact...