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Steve Sturm, IlliniGuys Football Analyst

January 28, 2024

Who's ready for recruiting 2024? Well, the Illini staff sure were. They nabbed their first recruit for the class of 2024 early when Tinley Park Andrew's Michael McDonough committed to the Illini last week.

Kedric Prince, IlliniGuys Director of Recruiting

January 27, 2024

Illinois has one of the best prep basketball players in the state and country on campus. Gabe Sularski from Lisle is considered one of the top players in the country. 

At critical times of a 70-62 win for Illinois, Luke Goode became the physical definition of his value for the No. 10 Illini at same time showing this Indiana 2023-24 roster what they’re missing. 

Matt Stevens, IlliniGuys Staff Writer

January 27, 2024

CHAMPAIGN — The zero-sum game of Luke Goode wearing an Illinois jersey was hard to ignore Saturday afternoon. 

By IlliniGuys Staff January 27, 2024 (Cover photo courtesy […]

Kedric Prince, IlliniGuys Director of Recruiting

January 27, 2024

For years the depth and quality talent level at Illinois in the quarterback position is now on par with some of the other programs that are traditionally at the top of the conference.

Carson Boyd is a 6-foot-0, 170-pound signal caller from Cardinal Ritter College Prep school in Missouri has committed to the Fighting Illini football program.

Sources close to the Illinois football program have confirmed that George McDonald has left his wide receivers coach position as his alma mater to take the same title at Ole Miss.

Matt Stevens, IlliniGuys Staff Writer

January 27, 2024

CHAMPAIGN — Three seasons after finally reuniting with Bret Bielema at his alma mater, George McDonald is leaving Illinois for the same title at a rising program led by Lane Kiffin at the University of Mississippi. 

247Sports.com reporter Matt Zenitz was the first to break the news and sources close to the Illini program confirmed the news to IlliniGuys.com soon afterwards. 

By Brad Sturdy, IlliniGuys Insider/Analyst & Co-Host, IlliniGuys Sports Spectacular

January 27, 2024

(Cover photo courtesy Illinois Athletics)

The Illini host the Hoosiers on Saturday afternoon at the State Farm Center as they look to bounce back from a difficult overtime loss at Northwestern. It’s Stripe the State Farm Day as well as the annual Coaches vs. Cancer game of sneakers and suits. But most importantly, it’s a game the Illini need to win to stay in the Big Ten hunt and get the momentum back they had back in December. 

The key to that will be defense. Illinois is one of the best offensive teams in the country, but since the Missouri game they are barely in the top 100 defensively. That has to change on Saturday.

Setting the Stage

#10 Illinois (14-5, 5-3 B1G) vs. Indiana (12-7, 4-4 B1G) 

Jan. 27, 2024 // 2 p.m. CT // Champaign, Ill. // State Farm Center 

TV: FOX – Jason Benetti (Play-by-Play), Robbie Hummel (Analyst) 

Radio: Busey Bank Illini Sports Network – Brian Barnhart (Play-By-Play), Deon Thomas

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Steve Sturm, IlliniGuys Football Analyst

January 27, 2024

I know I'm going to be taking die hard Illini fans down a long and painful trip down memory lane with this list of names. What do these names have in common? Craig Wilson, Anthony Morris, Mark Jackson (all Class of 2007), Donsay Hardeman, Reggie Ellis, Hubie Graham, Cordale Scott (all 08), Earnest Thomas (10), Dondi Kirby, Clint Tucker (11), Joe Spencer, Dami Ayoola, Vontrell Williams (12), Caleb Day (13), Zarrian Holcombe (16), Dwayne Lawson, Mike Epstein (17), Reuben Unije, Verdis Brown (18), TreVon Riggins (20), Eian Pugh (22). 

Kedric Prince, IlliniGuys Director of Recruiting

January 26, 2024

The Fighting Illini football team offered Florida prep Bryan Auguste, a 6-foot-6, 285-pound offensive tackle of Monarch High School. Auguste is a three-star recruit in the class of 2025.

Kedric Prince, IlliniGuys Director of Recruiting

January 25, 2024

Sunday afternoon Illinois played Big Ten conference foe, the Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball team. Typically, Illinois has not had many potential recruits on campus. On Sunday, it had 2026 prep Anthony Thompson.

Mike Farrell, IlliniGuys & Big Sports Radio National Football Recruiting Expert

January 26, 2024

(Mike Farrell also has his own website: https://mikefarrellsports.com/)

In this edition of the Farrell Files Illinois, I’ll look at the first 2025 commitment and some more key names set to visit for Junior Day this weekend.

By Kedric Prince - IlliniGuys.com Director of Recruiting

Jan. 24, 2024

(Cover photo courtesy Kedric Prince/IlliniGuys)

Marcus Domask is living out his lifelong dream.

He burst onto the scene five years ago, when he was named Wisconsin's 2019 Mr. Basketball.

The 6-foot-6 wing from the town of Waupun, population 11,344, averaged 26.1 points, 10 rebounds, and 5.7 assists during his senior year in high school.   But the home state Wisconsin Badgers weren't that impressed and didn't offer a scholarship and Domask ended up spending four years at Southern Illinois University. 

Brad Sturdy, Co-Host IlliniGuys Sports Spectacular & Big Sports Radio

January 25, 2024

Usually, if you score 91 points you should win basketball games. But usually, the opponent doesn’t score 96 while shooting 55% from the floor and 61% from 3. That’s a recipe for a loss. The Illini beat Northwestern by 30 just 3 weeks ago but the Cats turned the tables and got the overtime win 96-91 on Wednesday evening. 

Here’s what we saw. 

Northwestern guard Boo Buie and his friends manhandled Illinois’ defensive scheme on simple ball-screen switches in route to the Illini’s 96-91 overtime loss. 

Matt Stevens, IlliniGuys Staff Writer

January 25, 2024

EVANSTON — Three words was all Brad Underwood needed to describe Illinois’ inability to effectively guard Northwestern in the final 25 minutes of a crushing road for the Illini.