Illini basketball in the Brad Underwood era has finally shown signs of a pulse in the past month as the team picked up two very high quality wins over teams ranked in the top 15 at the time. Illinois has now won four of their last five, and played their way above the Wednesday night projection in the Big Ten tournament. If the Illini can close out the season 4-3 or better, … [Read more...] about Ayo Dosunmu Has High NBA Draft Stock, but it’s Just Not Reflected in Mock Drafts
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Illini all-time leading scorer Deon Thomas joins UIC Coaching Staff
Deon Thomas has landed a coaching gig at the University of Illinois. Just not in Urbana-Champaign. At the Chicago campus instead. When Assistant Coach Isaac Chew departed Illinois for Marquette, just weeks after he left Mizzou to join the Illini an assistant gig opened up under John Groce at Illinois. Paris Parham filled the position instead ofFlorida State assistant Dennis … [Read more...] about Illini all-time leading scorer Deon Thomas joins UIC Coaching Staff
Eleven worst Illini basketball losses of the past 10 years
As proud a program as Illini basketball is, they've certainly had some "hiccups" (wow, what a euphemism there) in recent years. A 52-49 loss to the Indiana Hoosiers on January 30th, 2011 was just one disgusting-to-watch debacle that didn't even make the cut. It marked the first win over a ranked team at IU for Tom Crean. Last night, I experienced something similar to "Spooky … [Read more...] about Eleven worst Illini basketball losses of the past 10 years
Big Ten football power rankings: lipstick on a pig edition
During Big Ten football Saturdays like this, how do you spin what happened? How do you put lipstick on these pigs? And even though Northwestern out-gained an AWFUL Western Michigan team by just 126 yards, they've still earned the second slot. You can argue that a different Big Ten football team deserves to be there. But my argument is pretty solid for NU. Also, Illinois gave … [Read more...] about Big Ten football power rankings: lipstick on a pig edition
Illinois basketball shafted in Tourney; NCAA changes rule yesterday
Partially due to a blown call, Illinois basketball has beaten a higher seeded NCAA Tournament team just twice in school history. Trailing 57-55 with 40 seconds remaining, replays clearly showed the Illini should have maintained offensive possession on an out-of-bounds call. Instead, the ball was wrongly awarded to the Miami Hurricanes. And even a Miami player admitted … [Read more...] about Illinois basketball shafted in Tourney; NCAA changes rule yesterday
