University of Illinois
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Jim O'Donnell: Fighting Illini's extension of Underwood comes with predictable risk to programMar 30, 2022 1:00 am - FIRST, BEGIN WITH a clear acknowledgment: Few "Fan Nation" bases in America - students, alumni, former co-op record store owners still living in Champaign - deserve an N...
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Moore scores 21, Houston hammers Illinois to make Sweet 16
Mar 20, 2022 1:00 am - PITTSBURGH - Once back in their locker room, Houston's players emptied their water bottles on coach Kelvin Sampson, who peeled off his shirt for the celebratory dousing....
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Jim O'Donnell: For local college hoops, March tourneys are uncertain and the end always nearMar 18, 2022 11:00 pm - WHEN BIDDING ADIEU, the great Phil Georgeff was fond of borrowing from Shakespeare to puckishly say, “Parting is such sweet sorrow.” But then, “The Voice” would always a...
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Illini's Cockburn can be counted on for a laugh, but he's serious about deep tourney runMar 18, 2022 5:30 am - PITTSBURGH - The smile is wide and bright, like everything else about Kofi Cockburn. The Illinois center, a man mountain and one of the most dominant interior players in...
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Illinois edges Chattanooga in final seconds to advanceMar 18, 2022 1:00 am - PITTSBURGH - The result didn't make sense to Brad Underwood. For the better part of 39 minutes Friday night, the Illinois coach watched his fourth-seeded team chasing 13...
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Mark Gonzales: Expectations or not, Loyola and Illinois are where they belongMar 16, 2022 1:00 am - The sheer appearance of Loyola in the NCAA's men's basketball tournament turns heads, based on the Ramblers' run to the Final Four in 2018 and their upset of top regiona...
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Illinois aims to go deep in March Madness this yearMar 13, 2022 1:00 am - With a Big Ten Tournament title in 2021 followed by a 2022 Big Ten regular season co-championship, Illinois has reestablished itself as one of the top programs in the co...
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Indiana shocks top-seeded Illini in Big Ten tourneyMar 11, 2022 12:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS - Trayce Jackson-Davis had something to prove at the Big Ten Tournament. He wanted to show the critics he could excel against the conference's top big men ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Courting March winners - hidden keys to bracketing a perfect Final FourMar 11, 2022 12:00 am - THE GRAND WINDSOCKS of the American sports spring once were the Masters, Major League Baseball's Opening Day and the Kentucky Derby. Now, a greed-driven lockout and some...
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Jim O'Donnell: Homestretch outlook on Collins, Stubblefield, Underwood and ValentineMar 09, 2022 12:00 am - WHEN PORTER MOSER LED Loyola to the Sweet Sixteen last March and then bolted for Oklahoma, the earth didn't exactly begin to quake under all premier regional men's D-I p...