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Heat Checks and Hail Marys - Illini Defeat #10 MSU sans Cockburn & Curbelo

Heat Checks and Hail Marys - Illini Defeat #10 MSU sans Cockburn & Curbelo

Mike Cagley, IlliniGuy January 26, 2022 The Illini needed […]

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Short-Handed Illini Shock Spartans 56-55 To Regain First Place In The Big Ten

Short-Handed Illini Shock Spartans 56-55 To Regain First Place In The Big Ten

IlliniGuys Staff January 25, 2022 (Cover photo courtesy Joe […]

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Ked's Recruiting Roundup - Illinois Basketball Shifts Focus to 2023

Ked's Recruiting Roundup - Illinois Basketball Shifts Focus to 2023

Kedric Prince, IlliniGuys Director of Recruiting 

January 25, 2022

Barring a transfer at the end of the season, which is always possible, Brad Underwood and his staff will shift their focus to the class of 2023.

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Illini Basketball Preview - Illini vs Michigan State

Illini Basketball Preview - Illini vs Michigan State

Connor Cagley, IlliniGuys Basketball Writer January 25, 2022 Essentials […]

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Take Two - Underwood ‘Over my damn dead body will that happen again.’

Take Two - Underwood ‘Over my damn dead body will that happen again.’

Take 1 - Illinois head coach Brad Underwood’s message […]

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Football Recruiting Spotlight on Matthew Bailey

Football Recruiting Spotlight on Matthew Bailey

Steve Sturm, IlliniGuys Football Analyst

January 24, 2022

Cover photo courtesy Quad City Times

Illinois added another versatile defender to its '22 recruiting class when Matthew Bailey pledged to the Illini on Sunday.

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Around The Rim

Around The Rim

January 24, 2022

Seven weeks until Selection Sunday.  Let's take care of a few things:

Resetting The Illini

Last week wasn't what Illinois fans were expecting a week ago.  A chance to prove they are the best team in the Big Ten followed up by another conference road win at lowly Maryland.  Neither happened.

Get over it.

Step back and look at the big picture.  With everything that's happened this season, Illinois enters the week one game out of first place in the Big Ten and that can be rectified with a home win Tuesday night over frontrunner Michigan State.  That's incredible and beating the Spartans is very doable.

Maybe you no longer believe that the Illini should be in the conversation as a national championship contender and maybe you're right.  But for me, it's far too early to write them off.  Few teams find extreme success without their two All-American caliber players getting the chance to play together.  AND potentially the nation's top defensive player gutting it out through a shoulder that needs surgery

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Ked's Recruiting Roundup - Illinois Football Offer - DE/TE Maverick Gracio

Ked's Recruiting Roundup - Illinois Football Offer - DE/TE Maverick Gracio

Kedric Prince - IlliniGuys Director of Recruiting

January 23, 2022

There is an old saying in recruiting: the best coaches have an eye, and rankings do not matter.

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Illinois Nabs Bret Bielema’s First Quad City Prep

Illinois Nabs Bret Bielema’s First Quad City Prep

Kedric Prince, IlliniGuys Director of Recruiting 

January 23, 2022

Cover photo courtesy of Quad City Times

Matthew Bailey Courtesy of the Quad City Times

The Illinois Football Program added another commitment for the Class of 2022

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Football Recruiting Spotlight - Zylon Crisler

Football Recruiting Spotlight - Zylon Crisler

Steve Sturm, IlliniGuys Football Analyst

January 23, 2022

Illinois added another big body to its stable of incoming offensive linemen on Thursday when Zylon Crisler committed to the Illini. 

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Ked's Recruiting Roundup - Chicago's Rich Barron Talked About His Visit

Ked's Recruiting Roundup - Chicago's Rich Barron Talked About His Visit

Kedric Prince, IlliniGuys Director of Recruiting

January 22, 2022

Getting student-athletes on campus to see what you have to sell is a big part in recruiting—Monday's instant classic between Purdue and Illinois

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Fighting Illini Announce 28 All-Time Greats for Illinois Athletics Hall of Fame

Fighting Illini Announce 28 All-Time Greats for Illinois Athletics Hall of Fame

2021 Hall-of-Fame Class Honors Pre-1950s Legends DIA Press Release […]

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Heat Checks and Hail Marys - Illini Still Winless at College Park in B1G Play

Heat Checks and Hail Marys - Illini Still Winless at College Park in B1G Play

Mike Cagley, IlliniGuy January 22, 2022 The Illini went […]

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Kofi-less Illini suffer 81-65 upset at Maryland

Kofi-less Illini suffer 81-65 upset at Maryland

IlliniGuys Staff January 21, 2022 COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- […]

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Ked's Recruiting Roundup - Illini Football Sends a Message this Week

Ked's Recruiting Roundup - Illini Football Sends a Message this Week

Kedric Prince, IlliniGuys Director of Recruiting

January 20, 2022

When Illinois head basketball coach Brad Underwood got here, his staff started to offer prospects like drinking water

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