Illini in Italy
- Illini HQ, Florida Panhandle
Illini Basketball 2026-2027
Buy stock in Will Riley, like, yesterday...I think he's going to be a superstar in 5 years.
Hugh Hefner would probably get some folks riled up...
Larry Ellison, 3rd richest guy in the world went to U of I for a couple years... (never did get a degree...from anywhere...)
Jerry Colangelo
Suzie Orman
Athletes:
Dick Butkus- I mean, c'mon...He's got a National award named after him...
Eddie Johnson (probably had the best NBA career of anyone not named Deron Williams, but his Illinois teams weren't great)
Derek Harper (same as Johnson. Odd stat: He and Eddie played exactly the same number of NBA games, 1199)
His Royal Frankness
I'd throw Luke Altmeyer in there as a crowd favorite right now...
(if graduating isn’t a stipulation) Gene Hackman…then Offerman….
Didn't know we could include the deceased...
Fictional AND deceased: Colonel Blake
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
I guess I should’ve stipulated we don’t want corpses on the sideline.
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
Fictional and alive would include Cam from Modern Family.
It's strange that Kalshi odds have deviated so much from traditional books (all of which according to VegasInsider have us #5 except one where we're T-#4 w/ UConn). The biggest difference is Michigan, which is still a clear #3 at all the books.
Very good point. Arbitrage opportunity?
Tom Hanks would probably oblige since his brother is a professor here and he’s been spotted at Jarling’s just a stone throw away from the State Farm Center
I think it works out to a guaranteed ~2% on Illinois, but you could also get more than that in a bank for 10 months. I don't think there's a way to directly bet against Michigan at the books, but theoretically that would be the more attractive arbitrage since Kalshi gives them ~7-8% instead of 10.5-12.5%.
InDaAZ
- Eugene, Oregon
Morillo with some big shoes to fill.
I'll do my best @pruman91 impression and say Taylor Rooks and HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
I was thinking the same thing about Coleman!
EXTENDED highlight reel of Vaaks if anyone’s interested:
Thanks for sharing this! I have watched some film on this guy but this reel shows more than knocking down NBA 3’s! 3 level scorer! Sees the floor… man I can’t wait until the season starts. Vaaks looks like a first round pick next year! Great fit for us… great fit for him!
Seeing Vaak's highlights, he seems pretty quick and athletic enough, and he's a bucket. The Illini offense this year was pretty good. With shooters and bucket getters like Coleman and Vaaks coming in, Stojakovic maybe a potential B1G POY candidate (Calling that), I'm thinking this team will be even better on offense.
Coleman, Vaaks and Stojakovic are all potential 1st rounders. A ton of talent on this team.
Coleman, Vaaks and Stojakovic are all potential 1st rounders. A ton of talent on this team.
I think Andrej will end up a top 2 player in the league. Whether he is that preseason, IDK.
That 3pt shot can only get better…
Mannie Jackson
Roger Ebert
Sweet, now we can start printing next years Final Four shirts