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And god damnit do I wish Leonard would have stayed for his junior year

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Can't wait for this senior class to graduate and get Groce's new blood into the program.

Malcolm Hill- 4-star SG- Belleville, IL- #21 SG nationally, #67 overall nationally

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Kendrick Nunn- 4-star SG- Chicago, IL- #12 SG nationally, #45 overall nationally

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Austin Colbert- 4-star C- Gladstone, NJ- #12 C nationally, #92 overall nationally

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Maverick Morgan- 3-star C- Springboro, OH- #19 C nationally

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Jaylon Tate- 3-star PG- Chicago, IL

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Illini the only 4 loss team ranked.

#22 in the coaches poll, #23 in the AP poll.

Got Northwestern at home on the 17th so we'll move up in the polls next week.

Then at Nebraska next week on the 22nd and Michigan on the 27th. Gonna 16-4 and 3-3 in the Big Ten going into the Michigan game at home.
 

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Probably the worst loss imaginable.
 

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you guys are having a rough time
 

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Updated predictions:

@ Nebraska- W- 15-5 (2-4)
vs. Michigan- L- 15-6 (2-5)
@ Michigan St- L- 15-7 (2-6)
vs. Wisconsin- L- 15-8 (2-7)
vs. Indiana- L- 15-9 (2-8)
@ Minnesota- L- 15-10 (2-9)
vs. Purdue- W- 16-10 (3-9)
@ Northwestern- W- 17-10 (4-9)
vs. Penn State- W- 18-10 (5-9)
@ Michigan- L- 18-11 (5-10)
vs. Nebraska- W- 19-11 (6-10)
vs. Iowa- W- 20-11 (7-10)
@ Ohio State- L- 20-12 (7-11)

5-2 finish would put us back on the bubble, at best the last team in. Our strong start with great wins over Butler, Gonzaga and Ohio State is our one shining hope. NIT much more likely though.

This season has been a complete mirror from last season. Incredibly strong start, peaking with a win over top 10 Ohio State at home, followed immediately by an epic collapse. If we lose by 20 to Nebraska again, then there's definitely a Chief Illiniwek curse going on. Time to bring back the Chief.
 

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I'll say this- the early season hot start and high rankings really spoiled the fanbase. We were not supposed to be that good early on. This team was not set up to win now. They overachieved the first 16 games of the season.

The team has guards that can't dribble the ball, and nobody on the team that can rebound. Those two are some of the basic fundamentals in basketball.

I long for the days when we had Lucas Johnson pissing off the entire Big Ten.

The curse of Chief Illiniwek is going strong right now.
 

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I can't watch them anymore. They pull too hard on my strings.
 

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Can you imagine being an Illini and Cubs fan??? Life must really suck for those people :shot:
 

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DJ with a huge game. 30 points. Where has that been his whole career?

Nice turnaround from the Northwestern game. Still can't believe that game actually happened.

Next game is home against #2 Michigan on Sunday at 5 pm.
 

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This is a game for them to take a step up. Going to be tough and it will take more than DJ. It was nice to see him have a game like that.
 

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My favorite teams
  1. Chicago Cubs
  1. Chicago Fire
  1. Chicago Bulls
  1. Chicago Bears
  1. Chicago Blackhawks
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What has happened to the Illini...?
 

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They came back down to Earth after overachieving through the preseason.
 

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It's Fighting Illini time. Also known as better get a drink or 10 time.
 

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Illini lose. I'm on my 4th Evan Williams :p. Almost turned into a Makers Mark night.
 

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