Saw that 'live' and it was glorious. My wife says "and he's a college student"? I reply, "Indiana".
Pregame: Illinois vs Indiana, Thursday, January 19th, 7:30pm CT, FS1
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Go Illini!
Time change? Seriously? Guess the escape hatch lever will need to get pulled earlyā¦
False alarm - I see itās the Nebraska game
False alarm - I see itās the Nebraska game
For Basketball...
Jack Fleming
Firing up the āWay Backā machine... Jack was a fine announcer for the Bulls years ago when the Bulls really started to build their brand. Had a great style to capture the action in an understated yet exciting way.
Chick Hearn
Got a lot of attention for his long career which included the Magical Laker Years. But he made the broadcast a bit too theatrical and too much about himself. In terms of broadcasting, not the equal of either Fleming or...
The Very Best - Jim Durham
This guy was born to broadcast basketball. The thing is though... he was better on the radio than he was on TV. Not that he was bad on TV. But his radio call was spot on and created vivid pictures. Same path as Fleming in terms of capturing the action while not turning the broadcast too much about himself.
Additional Note
Some really good roundball broadcasters always have been featured on the Illinois High School Association Tournaments both in Champaign and Peoria. One guy who was on these telecasts who also made a splash in LA was Tom Kelly.
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Letās crush these [L]oosiers.
Guess I'm ignorant but L + ratio + TJD? I know TJD but L and ratio
Homecoming 2019
- Chicago
Ratio means team twitter follows I think? Pretty arbitrary since we were awful when most people who have twitter started to follow their perspective teams.
Letās Effing Go!
L means a loss so he's calling it a bad/irrelevant post
Ratio means he's trying to get more likes than the original post (from Illini MBB)
Still makes no sense overall to put all that together. Kofi owned TJD and Kofi isn't even here anymore.
Epsilon
M tipping over
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When a 184 game series is within three wins, itās a rivalry. Hereās to hoping (knowing?) we surpass IU soon.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IllinoisāIndiana_men's_basketball_rivalry
I have attended quite a few games over the years, but hard to think of a game where the crowd wss more incensed than this one.
Gordon had a subpar game.
Was hoping for a Goode question for coach yesterday but nothing came. I assume he is still out tonight?
LGIllini
- La Grange, IL
What I find amusing is all the IU fans in the comments harping on about how they "don't care" about Illinois and don't consider us a rival. Yet they all took the time to not only seek out an Illinois bball post, but to comment on it as well. So much for not caring about us 
Underrated 2nd best moment of that game besides the Chester bump was Shaun Pruitt bricking free throws (shocking I know) at the end regulation or the first OT and then mauling the heck out of DJ White as White tried to throw the ball I'm the basket from 70 feet away. The shot had no chance of going in but Shaun should have been whistled for a foul.
InDaAZ
- Eugene, Oregon
Bordering statesā¦
The all-time series stands at 94-91 (favoring IN)ā¦
Lou-Do vs Bobby (aka, Classic Bully)ā¦
Chester chesting IDKWTIā¦
Using the term, ārivalry,ā is not the least bit unreasonableā¦
Wait, the series was tied in 2018???
Stevegarbs
- Mokena, IL
That's it! Haven't see it in 30+ years. Do you still one or did you find this image online?
I genuinely thought Iowa (Bruce Pearl/Jimmy Collins conflict) and Mizzou (Braggin Rights game?) were the biggest rivalry games Illinois looks forward to. Purdue being an intrastate public university and the neutral site 50/50 splits game with Kentucky are the most hated teams from an IU perspective.
What I find amusing is all the IU fans in the comments harping on about how they "don't care" about Illinois and don't consider us a rival. Yet they all took the time to not only seek out an Illinois bball post, but to comment on it as well. So much for not caring about us
Captain 14
- The Last Best Place
Two words: FARM AID
Yep. My sentiments exactly.What I find amusing is all the IU fans in the comments harping on about how they "don't care" about Illinois and don't consider us a rival. Yet they all took the time to not only seek out an Illinois bball post, but to comment on it as well. So much for not caring about us
But, ultimately I donāt care what they tell themselves or what they think.
Letās just chuckle as we beat them and have a more successful season than them once AGAIN.
Depends who you ask. Illinois is a big state and geography plays a big role in who individual fans see as our rival. IMO, IU checks more boxes than the other rivals (border state, bad blood between past players/coaches, historically competitive with one another in conference, etc.).
But to your point, I also know the rivalry isn't really reciprocated by most IU fans, which is what prevents this rivalry from being one of the marquee cbb rivalries.
Not putting you in this bucket, but many Hoosier fans see IU as being too superior to Illinois to consider us a rival and instead consider UK their rival. However, similar to the IU vs UI rivalry, Kentucky doesn't consider IU a rival (in a 2022 poll, IU wasn't even listed as one of their top 6 rivals). I was talking to a former IU cheerleader a few years ago and she made some kind of comment about how IU always beats Illinois. Until I sent her actual proof to the contrary, she was adamant that our head to head records weren't even close. So, this air of superiority from IU fans also contributes to the rivalry from our point of view.
Beat IU
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