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House of Horrors

House of Horrors

Not gonna lie - my immediate post game mood was pretty dark. Three consecutive losses here at Welsh-Ryan Arena - including the last two in overtime - will get you there pretty quick. I was ready to attack my keyboard with all manner of rage and fury as I contemplated

Ham For Thanksgiving

Ham For Thanksgiving

Alabama. Arkansas. Tennessee. Missouri. Duke. Five top-50 (ish) non conference opponents. I wrote in the schedule post section of our pre-season preview that I thought these five games represented the toughest group of power conference opponents we’ve seen on the schedule in Brad Underwood’s eight year tenure at

Got Better

Got Better

Today was truly one for the 17. It was a day in which the biggest cheer at an Illini basketball team - was for the Illini football team. Pat Bryant’s game winning touchdown catch and run against Rutgers was played on the SFC jumbotron at the under 16 media

EuroStar(s)

EuroStar(s)

Lithuania and Croatia are both members of the European union - but lie on the continent separated by a good 1000 miles or so. However, freshman guard Kasparas Jakucionis (“KJ”) from Lithuania and sophomore center Tomislav Ivisic from Croatia now reside in the closest of proximity - both wearing the

And Now For Something Completely Different…

And Now For Something Completely Different…

As the collective consciousness of Illini fans swung back southeast a good 2300 miles or so on Sunday morning, I feel like the general consensus surrounding this fast approaching hoops season (it TOTALLY snuck up on me) has been something along the lines of “oh, Elite Eight last year...well,

3. That’s the Magic Number

3. That’s the Magic Number

Our recent lot in NCAA Tournament life is pretty simple. If we make the tourney we live in the top half (seeds 1, 4, 5, 8,9, 12, 13, and 16) of the bracket. Dating back to the Flying Illini, in our last 21 NCAA appearances we’ve been in

Don’t Disturb This Groove

Don’t Disturb This Groove

There has been a lot of talk about the Illinois offense over the past few weeks. So here’s what I’m going to do. I’m going to talk a lot about the Illinois offense.