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The BoardRoom 4.21 - Illini To The Sweet 16

There is a very select number of people who know what this means: "CHATTANOOGA... Kelvin Sampson... Arizona... Michigan... Bill Self... North Carolina." It was night in Pittsburgh in 2022 (the night where I drank too many Fireball shots) where an eclectic group of IlliniBoard people - Jim and

Where The Clouds Are Far Behind Me

Where The Clouds Are Far Behind Me

It has been there for so long. "Can you believe we haven't been to the Sweet 16 since Dee/Deron/Luther?" I got married in May of 2005, and we hadn't been to the Sweet 16 since. I was just going through all of

Wake Up

Wake Up

Ever had one of those days where you felt like you didn't wake up? Like, you descended deep into REM sleep but only got 70% of the way back when the alarm went off? So you're sipping your coffee and rubbing your eyes and thinking "

Seven Things

Seven Things

I've had no time to write since Sunday. Everything on the site since I published that Back & Forth immediately following the Wisconsin win has been a link to a podcast. So I've talked for a long time about a lot of things, but I haven&

We Love No Other 7.17 - From The Highway On My Way To Omaha

We Love No Other 7.17 - From The Highway On My Way To Omaha

Distance from my house to my hotel in Pittsburgh two years ago: 483 miles. Distance from my house to my hotel in Omaha (driven last night): 490 miles. Who knew that the time it would take to cross Illinois, Iowa, and a few miles into Nebraska would be longer than

The BoardRoom 4.19 - Big Ten Tourney Champs (w/ Robert & Tyler)

I'll just add this little tidbit here before giving you the links to the podcast below. After recording this episode with The BoardRoom guys (we were in the car on the way back from Minneapolis), I was out of gas. The van did not run out of gas

Back & Forth - Big Ten Tournament Title Game

Back & Forth - Big Ten Tournament Title Game

By the time you're reading this, Tyler and I are already on our way back to Chicago and then Champaign. Because we need to get in the car as soon as the game is over, we decided to write the article during (and before) the game. The ol&