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What to Expect: Illinois

  • Alex Bozich Feb 8, 2012 3
 

After a road win over the Boilermakers on Saturday night in Mackey Arena, the Hoosiers return home to Assembly Hall for a Thursday night meeting with Illinois. The Fighting Illini have dropped four of five and are 1-3 on the ...

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With the college basketball season inching closer, we’ll be taking a long look at the conference at large as well as Indiana’s roster over the next few weeks. Today, we continue our team previews with a look at the Illinois ...

Indiana’s effort on Saturday not good enough

  • Zachary Osterman Mar 6, 2011 3
 

Two years ago, this might have been acceptable. Two years ago, when Indiana was talent-deprived and had no idea how to handle most Big Ten road atmospheres, when the Hoosiers were little more than a patchwork squad of freshmen and ...

The Minute After: Illinois

  • Ryan Corazza Mar 5, 2011 3
 

Thoughts on a 72-48 spanking at the hands of the Illini: Beatdown in Champaign today, kids. The Illini, when they play this well, are just too much for a team like Indiana. They have more size on the interior. They ...

Live Blog: Indiana at Illinois

  • Staff Mar 5, 2011 3
 

Indiana vs. Illinois

Pick to Click: Illinois

  • Staff Mar 4, 2011 3
 

Rules are here, for those unfamiliar. Pool for Illinois: All players are eligible to be picked. Picks are due by 11:45 AM ET on Saturday morning. Five way tie for first place going into the final game of the season ...

Film Session: A look at The Win

  • Ryan Corazza Jan 28, 2011 3
 

A look at three plays from Indiana’s big win over Illinois — a Jeremiah Rivers defensive stand; a Jordan Hulls three; a Will Sheehey dunk —  in the latest edition of Film Session: NO. 1: RIVERS HOUNDS MCCAMEY After Christian Watford ...

The Minute After: Illinois

  • Ryan Corazza Jan 27, 2011 3
 

Thoughts on a 52-49 win over the Illini: These kids have been criticized for their lack of mental toughness. Lambasted for sagging energy and effort. Their coach occasionally derided for his substitution patterns and schemes. But on this snowy late January evening, ...

Live Blog: Illinois at Indiana

  • Staff Jan 27, 2011 3
 

Illinois vs. Indiana

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Know Thy Opponent: Illinois

  • Ryan Corazza Jan 27, 2011 3
 

Perhaps the best way to describe this year’s incarnation of the Illini is Ohio State-lite. They’re athletic. They have playmakers. They boast senior leadership in Demetri McCamey, Mike Davis and Mike Tisdale, while Jereme Richmond and Brandon Paul are youngsters ...

Pick to Click: Illinois

  • Staff Jan 26, 2011 3
 

Rules are here, for those unfamiliar. Pool for Iowa: All players eligible to be picked. Picks are due by 8:45 PM ET on Thursday evening. A few reminders: + State the name of the player (not a nickname) that you’re ...

Video: Tom Crean talks about Illinois

  • Alex Bozich Jan 26, 2011 3
 

Courtesy of IU Athletics:

It’s time for Inside the Hall’s team-by-team breakdown of the Big Ten Conference. Today: The Illinois Fighting Illini. First thing that sticks out about Brucey’s boys? They’re a team with strong seniors and talented underclassmen — a recipe for success. ...

Quick hit: Yogi Ferrell gets Indiana offer

  • Zachary Osterman Mar 10, 2010 3
 

Back in the dark ages of journalism, (18 months ago) to find out if a promising prep basketball player had say, received an offer from a prominent in-state school, one needed to use archaic means, such as telephones and e-mail, ...

The Minute After: Illinois

  • Ryan Corazza Jan 30, 2010 3
 

I should probably take a solid two hours, calm down, maybe do some Yoga or some breathing exercises or go get a massage  … because I’m worried this will be an expletive-laden tirade about how angry and upset I am ...

Hoosiers show progress in 72-70 loss to Illini

  • Zachary Osterman Jan 30, 2010 3
 

A little over one year ago, I piled into a car with Matt Dollinger and Tom Kirby and headed west to Spaceship Assembly Hall for IU’s first post-Eric Gordon trip to Urbana-Champaign. Less than nine minutes later, Dollinger was begging ...