Illini’s NCAA 1st & 2nd Round Locale - It’s Looking Like Milwaukee
Illinois’ most likely destination for its first and second round games of the 2022 NCAA Tournament is the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee.
Matt Stevens, IlliniGuys Staff Writer
February 25, 2022
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- With 16 days remaining until the NCAA Tournament bracket is revealed, otherwise unofficially known as Selection Sunday, the destination for Illinois’ first weekend is becoming clearer.
Heat Checks and Hail Marys - Sometimes Winning Every Statistical Category but One Isn't Enough
Mike Cagley, IlliniGuy February 25, 2022 Tonight's game was […]
Plummer's School Record-Tying Night Fails to Lift #15 Illini Out Of Upset Loss to 22nd ranked Buckeyes
IlliniGuys Staff February 24, 2022 CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - It […]
Why is Hawkins a Key Contributor off Illini Bench?: “He got his butt in the gym”
Illinois sophomore forward Coleman Hawkins has never been short on natural talent and ability but now he’s regained confidence and, subsequently, regained a role in this Illini rotation.
Matt Stevens, IlliniGuys Staff Writer
February 24, 2022
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- It might be the height of irony that while at a university known for one of the nation’s best engineering programs, Coleman Hawkins is learning to calculate the basketball formula for work at Illinois.
Illini Basketball Preview - Illini vs Ohio State
Connor Cagley, IlliniGuys Basketball Writer February 24, 2022 Essentials […]
Inside Jacob Grandison’s “Zen Garden” at Illinois’ Ubben Practice Facility
Illinois senior forward Jacob Grandison has a professional basketball routine to get him through the ups and downs of a long season and, at 24 years old, sees no reason to change it now.
Matt Stevens, IlliniGuys Staff Writer
February 24, 2022
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- When returning from Willard Airport from a late game at Rutgers last week, Illinois All-American center Kofi Cockburn needed to find Jacob Grandison at around 2 a.m. and had a decent idea where he was.
Illini Injury Report: RJ Melendez Out vs. Ohio State After Appendicitis; Bosmans-Verdonk Likely Out with Concussion.
Matt Stevens, IlliniGuys Staff Writer
February 23, 2022
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Illinois freshman forward RJ Melendez will be inactive for the next game due to having emergency surgery to remove his appendix.
Illini hold onto a spot on the 3-line in latest IlliniGuys Bracketology
IlliniGuys Staff February 22, 2022 If there is one […]
Column: The Case For Firing Juwan Howard
February 21, 2022
MADISON, Wisc. - Before Sunday afternoon, Juwan Howard epitomized the best of America.
He grew up on Chicago's South Side and became an All-American in his play and his personality as one of the faces of college basketball as part of Michigan's famous Fab Five.
He was a lottery pick by the NBA's Washington Bullets in 1994 and began a career that included an All-Star Game appearance and two league championships. His playing tenure was so long that it began in Clinton's first administration and didn't end until Obama's second. His talent was great enough to land him the first $100 million contract in league history. The respect he commanded was so widespread that his transition from player to assistant coach was seamless and his eventual ascension to a head coaching position was a foregone conclusion. It was a question of where and when, rather than if.
I have never met Juwan personally. But being close in age and having a number of friends in common and enjoying a lengthy career in the national media that paralleled his NBA years, I can tell you that I've never had anyone say a bad word about him, personally or professionally.
All which made his hiring as Michigan's head coach in 2019 a perfect fit. A "Michigan man" through and through, he had the pedigree and the temperament not to mention the street cred that few other coaches enjoy.
Or so we thought.
Catching Up With Illini Legend Doug Altenberger
February 21, 2022 (Cover photo courtesy U of I […]
Ked's Recruiting Roundup - Peoria's Next Great Made the Visit to Champaign
Kedric Prince – IlliniGuys.com Director of Recruiting
February 18, 2022
Cooper Koch is a 2024 6'8" power forward from Peoria Notre Dame (Peoria, Illinois).
Heat Checks and Hail Marys - RoadKill Ruminations
Mike Cagley, IlliniGuy February 20, 2022 The Illini went […]
“Nothing new to an older guy like me.”: Illini Veterans Take Control in East Lansing
Illinois got its first road win at Michigan State since 2015 as Brad Underwood relied on key slumping veterans like Jacob Grandison, Trent Frazier and Da’Monte Williams
Matt Stevens, IlliniGuys Staff Writer
February 19, 2022
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- The Illinois old guard rose up in a hostile and historically unsuccessful environment.
Illini Bring The Fight To Sweep Season Series With Spartans
IlliniGuys Staff February 19, 2022 EAST LANSING, Mich. - […]
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