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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Imagine if Wagler had chosen Minnesota before getting the Illinois offer. Minnesota could have made the tournament and we would have had to rely on Bam + Lee or Petro at pg for most of the year.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Being Wisc mr. basketball, and his order of visits… Utah St. (Apr 10) Illinois (Apr 12) Wisconsin (Apr 13) decision Apr 14 …would cause me to speculate that he may be planning to wrap things up on Tuesday by announcing for Wisconsin. Sometimes the last visit is scheduled for the favorite...
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Mingo doesn't look like he shoots at all. Pass.
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    Illinois 78, Maryland 72 Postgame

    It’s not monopoly money, but at the end of the day anyone who wants to try being a donor should have some understanding of the reality of the situation, which is there is only so much control you can realistically expect to have when it comes to 18-24 year olds on a college sports team. There...
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    Pregame: Illinois vs Michigan, Friday, February 27th, 7:00pm CT, FOX

    I'm curious as to why you say there are only 8 really good teams. I can kind of guess why, but some might include one or two more. For example, we are in the top 8 in the NET rankings, but Iowa State and UConn are 9 and 10, respectively. Do you consider those two teams to be overrated...
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    Pregame: Illinois vs Indiana, Sunday, February 15th, 12:00pm CT, CBS

    This is where it is good to try rotating in/developing an extra player over the course of the season, instead of trying to force a 6 man rotation (7 man rotation at best) when key players have to be out for a stretch. Just try to bring someone along into the schemes—Lee, Petro, Fagbemi, anyone...
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    Game Thread: Illinois vs Wisconsin

    Thanks for the update, Tyler
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    Game Thread: Illinois vs Northwestern

    Petrovich sighting!
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    Game Thread: Illinois vs Northwestern

    11:00 left and up by 40 points
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    Game Thread: Illinois vs Colgate

    What will BU’s postgame presser include … “I expected us to be a bit flat tonight because of how we practiced this week…” “credit to Colgate…” “Colgate is well coached…” “(player name) is elite at…” ?
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    The Balkan Five
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    Illinois 94, Indiana 69 Postgame

    Isn’t Ben a grad student, so no more eligibility after this season?
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    Illinois 31, Nebraska 24 OT Postgame

    This outcome was not surprising to me. When Bielema was hired, Illinois got a legit big time coach. Would be interesting to know though, why exactly he wasn’t able to turn things around at Arkansas.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    He’s not a big wing like player but they already have a potential secondary ball handler (DGL).
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Goillinikobd said: Damascus was a booty ball outlier, he could scoop, hit the fade away, use the backboard cue ball shot, hit the three, and the behind the backboard jumper. Don’t think you will find another booty baller with those multiple skills. I know this is late, but also We had our PG
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