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Tyler

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.

Flipping the Script

Flipping the Script

On the day after Thanksgiving, Illinois beat Western Illinois 84-52. Noted college basketball expert Tyler Cottingham - known also to IlliniBoard.com subscribers as “Walkon” - was covering the game and published a post-game article titled “Lockdown Squad”. That article included several extremely prescient words. A sampling:

Nightmare Fuel

Nightmare Fuel

Moments - Indiana

Moments - Indiana

I was dead wrong about this game. Leading up to it I was telling anyone who would listen to me (which is admittedly a small number) that this one had all the makings of a proper Illini blow out. A Saturday home game against a decidedly average Indiana team (12-8