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    Illini Basketball 2026-2027

    Where is the rumor coming from?
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Not official yet, but this is where it is going to land. So no hope of bringing Boswell back for one more year.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Renewals are due May 15th. If we get Blackwell, assume there will be no one giving them up.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    I wouldn't overlook Pat Kelsey at Louisville. He's won at a lot of levels, had a great season in 24-25 in his last, and how they are supercharging their basketball NIL, because they see an opening with Kentucky floundering. It'll be Louisville and Duke atop the ACC next year. What they can't...
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    I have no inside knowledge, but my guess is that Andrej and Blackwell's decision is related and connected to their NIL requests and how they relate to each. We've heard time and time again that the money is there if need to spend it, and while Blackwell is trying to get a large pay day by teams...
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    I'm having a hard time thinking where all these minutes are going to go and if we get the retention we want, plus another transfer, why would our freshmen want to come here. I know it's the world we live in and people get recruited over, but we have 2 freshman (Morillo and Coleman) who people...
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Important to point out to our future geographically challenged people: Vaaks is from Estonia, which is nowhere near the Balkans, but I can't wait for people to just assume he's another Lithuanian player.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    It's got to be either Brandon Lee or Ty Rodgers
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    I agree in theory and if I was in that position and someone put the numbers of lifetime earnings in front of me, it's hard to argue with them. But for guys in the NBA, if you get to your second contract, you're making tens of millions, if not 100+ million. I know when you consider taxes, agents...
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Did we (the non-insider plebeians) ever determine with LvilleILL1 and Indy Illini Fan actually know each other, like each other or have some sort of secret insider rivalry and get annoyed based on the posts they share? I just imagine a world where one of them sees a post from the other and...
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    The Final Four

    Yes. They have practices on the court. There's an open to the public practice on Friday, but I assume they have a closed session on Thursday since they drove there today
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    Pregame: Illinois vs UConn, Saturday, April 4th, 5:09pm CT, TBS

    I get having morals about terrible behavior or things that rise to the level of being a criminal (think Penn State and JoePa) for fans to say that they are done rooting for a team, but as crazy as Hurley is, he wins titles and has kept UCONN as a powerhouse year after year. If a fan doesn't like...
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    Pregame: Illinois vs Houston, 9:05pm CT, TBS

    Not sure if I missed this or its on another thread. Does anyone have the post-season incentives for Brad Underwood based on each round he gets to? Just curious what a win tonight means for him.
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    Game Thread: Illinois vs Penn

    Zip it! This is tournament basketball. Appreciate that we are here. Every game could be our last.
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    Illinois #13 in 3/16 AP Poll

    Rankings don't matter anymore. The only number that matters is how many wins we get over the next 3 weeks. Take the seeds away too. At this point, its about winning against who is in front of you.
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