The 12th ranked Illinois Fighting Illini have struggled this pre-conference season in blowing out/closing out teams that are supposedly very inferior to them. When you're a top 15 ranked team, with very solid signature wins over #13 Gonzaga and #18 Butler, you should handle the mid-major and low-major scrubs very easily. But the Illini don't do that. They let bad teams hang … [Read more...] about #12 Illini struggle too often in beating bad teams
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Bradley University Grants Sam Maniscalco His Release
Updating yesterday's story on Bradley point guard Sam Maniscalco's possible transfer, Bradley University has granted the senior his realease and given permission to ten schools to talk to him about his services for the upcoming season. Under the rules of the NCAA's graduate school waiver, Maniscalco is allowed to transfer and play next season without sitting out a year as … [Read more...] about Bradley University Grants Sam Maniscalco His Release
Is Bradley’s Sam Maniscalco Transferring to Illinois?
The University of Illinois has spent most of the week preparing for the Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis. Off the court on Thursday, however, they may have gotten the best news that they'll get before Selection Sunday. … [Read more...] about Is Bradley’s Sam Maniscalco Transferring to Illinois?
Illini Sign 4 Chicagoans, Net 3rd Straight top 15 Recruiting Class.
National signing day in college basketball is always very anti-climactic, because all it does is make official what we've already known for some time. But it's still a great chance to summate another year of recruiting, and another class. And it's very promising to see the Illini locking down their borders by continuing to recruit the Chicagoland area so well. It yielded them … [Read more...] about Illini Sign 4 Chicagoans, Net 3rd Straight top 15 Recruiting Class.