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WR JJ Douglas Recaps Illinois Visit

WR JJ Douglas Recaps Illinois Visit

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Farrell Files Illinois - Key Weekend Visit Reviews

Farrell Files Illinois - Key Weekend Visit Reviews

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Wisconsin Prep Griffin Rousseau Recaps Visit

Wisconsin Prep Griffin Rousseau Recaps Visit

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Bielema Promises Slow, Deliberate Activity with Post-Spring Transfer Portal

Bielema Promises Slow, Deliberate Activity with Post-Spring Transfer Portal

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Miles Scott Hoping He Can Emulate Kerby Joseph’s Successful Move from WR to DB

Miles Scott Hoping He Can Emulate Kerby Joseph’s Successful Move from WR to DB

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Football Visitor List Growing with Stars

Football Visitor List Growing with Stars

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Ked Prince's 1-on-1 Interview with Illini Women's Commit Camille Hobby

Ked Prince's 1-on-1 Interview with Illini Women's Commit Camille Hobby

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Farrell Files Illinois - More Visits As Bielema Targets 2024 Class

Farrell Files Illinois - More Visits As Bielema Targets 2024 Class

Mike Farrell, IlliniGuys National Football Recruiting Expert

April 14, 2023

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In this edition of the Farrell Files Illinois I’ll look at some new offers, a couple of upcoming visits and a WR on early commitment watch.

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Josh Kreutz On His Opportunity to Be Bielema’s Next Impressive Center: “Nothing Really Crazy”

Josh Kreutz On His Opportunity to Be Bielema’s Next Impressive Center: “Nothing Really Crazy”

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Portal Kombat - Bring on the Big Guys

Portal Kombat - Bring on the Big Guys

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Illini Women's Basketball Lands Camille Hobby

Illini Women's Basketball Lands Camille Hobby

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All-Big Ten Performer Terrence Shannon Jr. Enters NBA Draft

All-Big Ten Performer Terrence Shannon Jr. Enters NBA Draft

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Farrell Files Illinois - More Potential Visitors and Maybe the Next Commit

Farrell Files Illinois - More Potential Visitors and Maybe the Next Commit

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Transfer Portal Craziness Shadows Over Underwood’s Gordyville Coaches vs. Cancer Banquet

Transfer Portal Craziness Shadows Over Underwood’s Gordyville Coaches vs. Cancer Banquet

Five Big Ten head coaches with a combined 2,012 career wins attempted to ignore the transfer portal for one night in an effort to raise money for the Coaches vs. Cancer charity organization.

By Matt Stevens - IlliniGuys Staff Writer

April 11, 2023

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Gifford, Ill. -- Fred Hoiberg joked with local media Tuesday that beyond the obvious reason of supporting any form of cancer donation, the Nebraska head men’s basketball coach wanted an evening where he could safely put down his cell phone.

While in the heart of the transfer portal tampering and recruiting season Tuesday night, Hoiberg enthusiastically agreed to join Illinois head men’s basketball coach Brad Underwood in a 160,000-square foot horse barn arena because it had nothing to do with the currently unstable world of player acquisition in the largest division of college basketball.

Not 10 minutes after saying that to local media, Hoiberg was being pulled away for the second time by calls and texts on his cell phone from guests who wanted a picture or a short chit-chat session with the former head coach of the NBA’s Chicago Bulls.

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Sturdy's Breakdown of New Illini Guard Justin Harmon

Sturdy's Breakdown of New Illini Guard Justin Harmon

April 11th, 2023

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There were some in Illini Nation who said 'who is this guy?' when former Chicagoan Justin Harmon gave his commitment Monday night to play his final season in Champaign.

Once again, IlliniGuys Insider/Analyst Brad Sturdy brings his nearly two decades of expertise and connections to breakdown Harmon's game and explain how he fits into Illinois' scheme next season and why he is such a valuable addition to the 2023-24 roster.

Sturdy posted this on the IlliniGuys message forums Monday evening.  For immediate access to all of our insiders' up-to-the-minute notes and updates, subscribe to IlliniGuys.com.   https://illiniguys.com/subscribe/

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