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Penn State head coach Micah Shrewsberry chose to leave Da’Monte Williams wide open to prevent Kofi Cockburn from getting easy looks and the fifth-year senior made the Nittany Lions pay.

Matt Stevens, IlliniGuys Staff Writer

March 3, 2022

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The idea that Illinois is a 4-on-5 team offensively when Da’Monte Williams is on the playing floor was proven statistically false. 

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Due to a disappointing result in last year’s NCAA Tournament, Illini fans are putting a lot of hope into a single-elimination tournament this season filled with potential potholes. 

Matt Stevens, IlliniGuys Staff Writer

March 3, 2022

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- We’ve all flipped the calendar to March and that means several 18- to 24-year-old basketball players are about to put a lot of effort, words, time and energy into a single-elimination tournament. 

Kedric Prince, IlliniGuys Director of Recruiting

March 2, 2022

I know, you have heard or seen this many times - an Iowa student-athlete interested in Illinois. Bettendorf High School All-Stater DJ Carton flirted with the Illini before he picked Ohio State, a school he had loved since his junior high days.

New Illinois quarterback Tommy DeVito says his favorite NFL player is Aaron Rodgers - a priority recruiting target by then-Illini head coach Ron Turner. 

Matt Stevens, IlliniGuy Staff Writer

March  , 2022

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- In his first and only live media availability in early February, new Illinois transfer quarterback Tommy DeVito admitted that his favorite National Football League signal caller was Aaron Rodgers. 

Kedric Prince - IlliniGuys Director of Recruiting

March 1, 2022

Antwon Hayden, a 6-foot-2, 215-pound athlete from Saint Charles, Missouri, picked up an Illinois offer Wednesday night.

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Being without Brad Underwood for the final 6:17 of the Ohio State game showcased a long-standing Illini plan for the assistant coaches.

By Matt Stevens - IlliniGuys Staff Writer

March 1, 2022

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- When Tyler Underwood finally got his father into the State Farm Center tunnel following the Illinois head coach’s ejection Thursday night, the assistant coaches went to work.

Kedric Prince, IlliniGuys Director of Recruiting

February 28, 2022

Point guard Kylan Boswell, 6-foot-1, 180-pound from Compass Prep in Arizona, Boswell picked the Arizona Wildcats today.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - The final Sunday in February was a pretty average workday in the life of Brad Underwood.

A long day of the mental and psychological chess game that is college basketball; more than 12,000 fans of the other team screaming down onto the court - a necessary piece that Underwood and his Illinois Fighting Illini seem to thrive off - as they outworked Michigan to the tune of 93-85.

There was a special feeling in the air as the final buzzer sounded.  Perhaps an acceptance of the lopsided nature of the matchup as the locals headed for the exits; Illinois winning its fifth in a row over the Wolverines, though this one without their suspended head coach Juwan Howard.  It was Illinois' 20th win of the season, a Big Ten-best 20th road win over the past three seasons, and the 200th victory of Underwood's coaching career.

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