Even in Defeat, the Illini Season Was Anything But a Failure
“When you pour your heart and your mind and your soul into something I know it stings. If it doesn’t then something would be wrong.” A choked up John Groce said these words to a[...]
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Illinois Strives for Consistency Facing Off Against Colorado
The No. 7 seed Fighting Illini will take on the No. 10 Colorado Buffaloes in a match-up of two enigmas. Both teams have fought through slumps to reach the NCAA tournament. Now that they’re here,[...]
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A Higher Seed is Not Always Better
ESPN Bracketologist Joe Lunardi’s projections had placed the Illinois Fighting Illini above a #10 seed in recent weeks. In a recent scenario by Lunardi, he had the Illini as a #8 seed, and their first[...]
Illinois draws a No. 7 seed and will take on the No. 10 seed Colorado Buffaloes in Texas
Just a year ago, Illinois spent Selection Sunday sitting on the edge of their seat like many other teams waiting for their name to be called, but it never was. This year, with wins against[...]
Illinois Wins at the Buzzer to Open the Big Ten Tournament
It didn’t take long for the fireworks to ignite at the United Center as Illinois senior Brandon Paul hit a jump shot at the buzzer to beat Minnesota 51-49 to open the Big Ten Tournament.[...]
Illinois Looks to Lock Up an NCAA Tourney Bid as They Take on Minnesota at the United Center
The Big Ten regular season is officially in the books and man, it didn’t disappoint. The conference has six ranked teams and there is a general consensus that the Big Ten conference stands as the[...]
Illinois Embraces Defensive Culture as They Look to Avenge Michigan Loss
The next stop on the Fighting Illini’s revenge rampage is in Ann Arbor this Sunday. Illinois has knocked off five straight opponents, including a streak of beating three straight teams they’ve lost to this season[...]
Brandon Paul Scores His 1,500th Career Point as Illinois Holds off Penn State
The last time the Penn State Nittany Lions came to Assembly Hall to face the Illini in 2011, just under 3,500 fans were in attendance as Champaign faced one of its worst winter storms in[...]
Illinois knocks off #1 Indiana With a Bang
The Fighting Illini knocked off the No. 1 ranked Indiana Hoosiers in one of the craziest games in college basketball this season. After enjoying a comfortable lead for most of the second half, Indiana blew[...]
Illinois fall to 2-7 in BIG after falling to Wisconsin
After losing five of their last six games, the Fighting Illini are in desperate need for a change in culture. No one expected that change would start in their backcourt as Wooden Award Finalist Brandon[...]
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