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Groce Adds Ford and Walker to Illini Staff

University of Illinois head basketball coach John Groce added assistant coaches Dustin Ford and Jamall Walker to his coaching staff on Monday. Both Ford and Walker were assistants on his staff at Ohio…Read More

Meyers Leonard Declares For NBA Draft

Sophomore Illini Center Meyers Leonard has declared that he will forgo his junior and senior seasons to enter the NBA draft this summer. Leonard improved greatly in this past year, going from averaging…Read More

John Groce Named Illinois Head Basketball Coach

On Thursday, the University of Illinois announced former Ohio University coach John Groce as their new men’s basketball coach. Groce seems to win wherever he goes; he led his 13 seeded Ohio Bobcats to…Read More

Illinois offers dual threat Pa. QB Damion Terry

Erie Cathedral Prep QB Damion Terry reached out to tell me yesterday that he had received an offer from the Fighting Illini. That’s his 3rd offer in the last couple weeks behind Michigan State and…Read More

Terrapins 35, Fighting Illini 31- Halftime – Notes and Prescriptions

Illini fans can find themselves fortunate that Illini basketball finds itself down just 4 at halftime of this game at Maryland. While Maryland found itself the beneficiary of a number of foul calls, the…Read More

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Illinois Fighting Illini vs Maryland Terrapins – a poor man’s basketball preview.

It’s always a great sign when the B1G-ACC Challenge rolls around. Basketball season is rounding…Read More

Illinois 79, Lipscomb 64 Final: 3 Quick Thoughts on the Fighting Illini Basketball Victory

All right, that’s a final! The Illini eased up a bit on the gas towards the end, but maintained…Read More

Illinois 33, Lipscomb 26: Key Stats and Observations from the First Half.

Fighting Illini 33, Lipscomb 26: Leading Scorers: Illinois: DJ 9, Sam-Man 9. Lipscomb: Boyd, 11 (3-4…Read More

Illinois Fighting Illini vs Lipscomb Bison(s) – a Live Chat

Discuss the Illini’s game against Lipscomb after the jump. Read | Share

Illinois Fighting Illini vs Lipscomb Bisons – 8 p.m., Assembly Hall – a basketball preview.

Tonight, the Fighting Illini continue their quest for the Cancun Challenge championship with this tilt…Read More

11/15/11 Morning Dump- a quick rundown of Illini – related stories from around the media landscape

The Dump is back after a long hiatus with all of your Fighting Illini news. Er… at least some of the Illinois news out there this morning. We start with Read | Share

Illinois Fighting Illini vs SIU-E Cougars – a Basketball Live Blog with mini-preview!

Fresh off an occasionally uneven but ultimately dominating performance against Loyola, the Fighting Illini men’s basketball team faces off against the Cougars from SIU Edwardsville. Fun fact: SIU-E…Read More

Illinois Fighting Illini vs Loyola Ramblers: a Live Blog

Got a little food poisning, sorry for my tardiness. Illinois Fighting Illini vs Loyola (Chicago) Willlis Reed-style

Loyola (Chicago) – Illinois Preview

This time it counts The Fighting Illini have had an enjoyable exhibition schedule. We’ve gotten to see all of our newcomers (save Devin Langford) play significant minutes. Of course, the only way…Read More

11/11/11 Morning Dump- a quick rundown of Illini-related stories from around the media landscape

Eleven. Eleven. Eleven. Best number 11 in Fighting Illini history? Dee Brown. So on to basketball…. Read | Share

11/10/11 Morning Dump- a quick rundown of Illini-related stories from around the media landscape

No riots here: Yesterday was signing day for the Fighting Illini. The basketball team picked up one player, Crete Monee’s Michael Read | Share

Fighting Illini vs Quincy Individual Player Reviews with Plus/Minus

Fighting Illini basketball has a completely different Read | Share

11/9/11 Morning Dump- a quick rundown of Illini-related stories from around the media landscape

A chill is preparing to descend over the Midwest, as we finally begin the inevitable slide towards winter. But, Illini basketball season Read | Share

11/8/11 Morning Dump- a quick rundown of Illini-related stories from around the media landscape

The Morning Dump is back from a little illness-related vacation. It’s been a pretty good few days for Illini sports, starting with the Soccer team-Big Ten Tourneament champs! Illini win OT thriller…Read More

Fighting Illini Basketball vs Quincy College Live Blog

Looks like we’ll get to see another couple of Illini debut tonight-Sam Maniscalco and Myke Henry Chat window after the jump. Feel free to participate! Read | Share

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