OrangeBlue98
Iowa is not in a great spot right now (LvilleILL1)
- Des Moines, IA
Or a set of steak knives.
Maybe that’s just for settling cases like in A Few Good Men.
Illini Basketball 2026-2027
Maybe that’s just for settling cases like in A Few Good Men.
Joel Goodson
- it's all ball bearings, nowadays
pretty good career for a largely unheralded player. great team guy. crying shame how soon he passed. he left a pretty large mark and he'll always be remembered by Illini hoops fans of a certain age
OrangeBlue98
Iowa is not in a great spot right now (LvilleILL1)
- Des Moines, IA
Man, that one hurt. Same class as him. Talked with him several times in classes and doing some SID work in school. He got the most out of his ability.
I know the death of any former player hits a coach hard, but I bet it was really hard on Lon Kruger. I’m guessing Matt Heldman reminded Lon a lot of himself.
Does the team still give out the Matto award?
Heldman was my favorite player from that 1998 team by far....and one of my all time favs too. Loved his toughness and grit, his stellar ball handling and he was a pretty damn good shooter from deep.
Wasn't anywhere near a top shelf D1 basketball athlete by any means, but pound for pound he was still a very good basketball player. I remember hearing about his passing along with his Dad when it happened, now almost 30 years ago. Still sad.
That was an incredible coaching job by Kruger. Perfect example of a team being greater than the sum of its parts.
I wish.
This was one of, if not the biggest “turning point game” in the Brad era.
Coming off a very poor game against UConn, first game with Keaton as the primary ball handler… really the start of our offense becoming such a juggernaut.
Friar+.
Includes a lunchbox.
This guy knows ball