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Kofi Cockburn on Wooden Award National Ballot

Kofi Cockburn on Wooden Award National Ballot

Courtesy Illinois Athletics March 5, 2022 Champaign, ILL.– Fighting […]

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Illinois' Brad Underwood has Broadened His Recruiting Lines

Illinois' Brad Underwood has Broadened His Recruiting Lines

Kedric Prince, IlliniGuys Director of Recruiting

February 27, 2022

Remember the 1989 Final Four team and the 2005 NCAA National Runner-up squad?

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Cockburn Named Abdul-Jabbar Award Finalist

Cockburn Named Abdul-Jabbar Award Finalist

From Illinois Sports Information Office: March 4, 2022 (Photo […]

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Illini Women’s Hoops Needs New Head Coach After Nancy Fahey Announces Retirement

Illini Women’s Hoops Needs New Head Coach After Nancy Fahey Announces Retirement

Nancy Fahey’s five-year tenure as the Illini women’s basketball […]

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Heat Checks and Hail Marys - Energy Vampire U Almost Drains the Illini

Heat Checks and Hail Marys - Energy Vampire U Almost Drains the Illini

Mike Cagley, IlliniGuy March 4, 2022 Former Illini coach […]

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Penn State Dorks Da’Monte Williams & Illini Senior Responds in Victory

Penn State Dorks Da’Monte Williams & Illini Senior Responds in Victory

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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Da'Monte To The Rescue To Lift #20 Illini To Record-Setting Win

Da'Monte To The Rescue To Lift #20 Illini To Record-Setting Win

IlliniGuys Staff March 3, 2022 (Cover photo Joe Clark/IlliniGuys) […]

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Illini Basketball Preview - Illini vs Penn State

Illini Basketball Preview - Illini vs Penn State

Connor Cagley, IlliniGuys Basketball Writer March 3, 2022 Essentials […]

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Just Because it’s March Doesn’t Mean the Upcoming Tournament Defines Everything

Just Because it’s March Doesn’t Mean the Upcoming Tournament Defines Everything

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. 

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Ked's Recruiting Roundup: Illinois Going to Hawkeye State for Top Prep

Ked's Recruiting Roundup: Illinois Going to Hawkeye State for Top Prep

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.

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Illini Story Time: Illini’s Tommy DeVito’s Favorite QB? Illini Recruit Target Aaron Rodgers

Illini Story Time: Illini’s Tommy DeVito’s Favorite QB? Illini Recruit Target Aaron Rodgers

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. 

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Illinois Football Hits the St. Louis Area Again

Illinois Football Hits the St. Louis Area Again

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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IlliniGuardians NIL Collective Teams Up With Current & Former Illini For Impactful Chicago Event

IlliniGuardians NIL Collective Teams Up With Current & Former Illini For Impactful Chicago Event

(Publisher's note: This was republished with permission from Illini […]

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“Our coaches coach”: Geoff Alexander, Chester Frazier & Tim Anderson Work 

“Our coaches coach”: Geoff Alexander, Chester Frazier & Tim Anderson Work 

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.

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Kylan Boswell Recruitment - 2023 Guard Picks Arizona Over Illinois

Kylan Boswell Recruitment - 2023 Guard Picks Arizona Over Illinois

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.

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