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Quentin Snider de-committed from his hometown Louisville Cardinals and had chosen the Illinois Fighting Illini over UCLA. So Steve Alford lost a big name recruit. COULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED TO A NICER GUY *sarcasm This was once another big commitment for Illinois and coach John Groce as Louisville Ballard product Quentin Snider is headed to Champaign. The 6-1 point guard would … [Read more...] about Quentin Snider pulls an Eric Gordon, Gunner Kiel

Illinois Fighting Ilini big man Austin Colbert is currently second in the rotation behind Nnanna Egwu, and ahead of Maverick Morgan. He played 10 minutes and scored 4 points in the season opening blowout of Alabama State. Yes, I'm very aware that the 6-9, 210 freshman from Chesapeake, Virginia does not have a last name pronounced like Stephen Colbert of the Colbert … [Read more...] about Illini F Austin Colbert: THIS IS THE Colbert Report

New Cliff Alexander recruiting UPDATE: on Cliffmas Eve It's time for your Cliff Alexander update, Illini Nation. If you're a Metallica fan, I don't need to explain my choice of headline to you. And if you're a Metallica fan, you also know that you don't just tell people what your favorite band is, you SCREAM IT! YEAH, METALLICA!!! RARRRRR! (CC brilliant comedian and … [Read more...] about Cliff ’em all: Cliff Alexander update for Illini Nation

For obvious reasons, there will be no Illini football brutally honest preview this week. They are 33 point underdogs to the #3 Ohio State Buckeyes, so no one and I mean no one wants to read an Illini football game preview right now. But here's my prediction only so I can get it out of the way: OSU 77, Illini 0. No wait, it's at home, so let me revise that: Ohio St. 63, … [Read more...] about Illini football: progess on offense, regress on defense

UPDATE WITH LATEST ON THE CLIFF ALEXANDER RECRUITING HERE Tonight's Illini basketball game had an interesting development. The recruiting of Cliff Alexander made an impact on the blowout of Jacksonville State. In the closing seconds of the game, the upper sections of the Assembly Hall crowd chanted "We want Cliff! We want Cliff!" Then the Orange Krush Illinois student … [Read more...] about Thoughts of Cliff Alexander present in 2nd Illini basketball win

Raw video of Orange Krush and Illinois basketball fans erupting on Illinois' 10th point, a jumper by Joseph Bertrand, to end 'Orange Hush', an ode to Taylor University's 'Silent Night' tradition (Illini coach John Groce's alma mater). Nov. 8, 2013. It seemed odd to be there and have the Hall be so silent for the first 3:56 of the Illinois basketball game. Rather eerie. And … [Read more...] about VIDEO: Illinois basketball Orange Hush EXPLOSION

Here are four takeaways from Illini basketball season opening 80-63 blowout win over Alabama State. You don't learn a lot from these types of non-conference games. They're only slightly more meaningful than the exhibitions. On the opening night of college basketball, pretty much all of the ranked teams and Big Ten teams played NSU: Nobody State University. Versus the … [Read more...] about Illini Basketball: 4 takeaways from the season opening blowout win

Simeon Wolverines Small Forward D.J. Williams, not to be confused with Chicago Bears Linebacker D.J. Williams, currently on IR, committed to the Illini this morning. D.J. Williams the basketball player is the earliest commit in Simeon history; the first to give a verbal before his senior season. Illinois basketball coach John Groce is all about energy. He commonly references … [Read more...] about Illini land earliest commit in Simeon history: D.J. Williams