University of Illinois
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Illinois hires Oklahoma State's Underwood as new basketball coachMar 18, 2017 1:00 am - CHAMPAIGN - A year ago, Brad Underwood's Stephen F. Austin squad lost to Notre Dame in the NCAA Tournament, and he took a job at Oklahoma State the next day. Now, histor...
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Imrem: Feel-good NU story not so good for Illini fansMar 15, 2017 5:00 pm - Not everyone feels good about the feel-good story of the NCAA Tournament. A fellow Illinois alum reminded me of that by sounding bitter when we discussed Northwestern th...
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Illini fire basketball coach Groce after 18-14 seasonMar 11, 2017 12:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Illinois basketball coach John Groce was fired Saturday after an 18-14 season in which his team was ninth in the Big Ten. The Illini made just one...
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After travel trouble, Michigan beats Illini 75-55 in Big Ten
Mar 09, 2017 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Flying into town only a few hours before tipoff because of travel trouble a day earlier, and wearing yellow practice jerseys instead of the game uniforms th...
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Last-minute 3-pointer downs IllinoisMar 04, 2017 12:00 am - PISCATAWAY, N.J. - DeShawn Freeman's sixth 3-pointer of the season may have knocked Illinois out of the NCAA Tournament and put coach John Groce out of a job. Freeman sc...
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North: Wildcats deserve to dance, but what about Illini?Mar 03, 2017 4:00 am - If the Northwestern Wildcats (21-9) are not invited to the 2017 NCAA men's basketball tournament, I'll be stunned. After an exciting last-second victory Wednesday evenin...
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With win over Michigan State, Illinois keeps tourney hopes aliveMar 01, 2017 12:00 am - CHAMPAIGN — Malcolm Hill scored 22 points to lead Illinois to a 73-70 win over Michigan State on Wednesday night. Michigan State had a chance to win the game in the last...
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Big second half leads Illinois over Northwestern 66-50Feb 21, 2017 12:00 am - CHAMPAIGN - Illinois coach John Groce could only say one thing after his team defeated Northwestern 66-50 on Tuesday night. "That was exhausting, another war," Groce sai...
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Hill leads Illinois over IowaFeb 18, 2017 12:00 am - IOWA CITY, Iowa - Malcolm Hill scored 21 points and hauled down 8 rebounds and Illinois held on for a 70-66 win over Iowa on Saturday. Michael Finke, Jalen Coleman-Lands...
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Not even bracketologists can figure out the Big Ten
Feb 10, 2017 12:00 am - Within an hour on Tuesday night, the random-number generator that is Big Ten basketball this season spit out another batch of head-scratching results. Michigan beat Mich...