bruce-weber Stories - Hail to the Orange
Your Coaching Rumor and Riff-Raff Open Thread
As we mentioned last night, it appears Bruce Weber has become the front runner for the the Oklahoma job. There are varying degrees of legitimacy to this rumor depending on who you talk to. Generally the Oklahoma reporters tend to find the rumor more credible, with the Illinois reporters being more...
Breaking: All Signs Point To Bruce Weber
Update (130 AM): It looks like most of the traditional media outlets are reporting this as being in the mutual interest stage. A couple of commenters on some Sooner sites who know an insider have indicated that Weber looks to be the guy and that Birchell's tweet below is legit. However, it also...
Illinois Illini @ Ohio State Buckeyes Basketball Preview and Gamethread
What: Illinois Illini @ Ohio State Buckeyes When: Tuesday, February 22nd; 7:00 p.m. Where: Value City Arena; Columbus, Ohio Television: ESPN Spartans' Record: (17-10, 7-7 Big Ten) For the second time in as many weeks, the Ohio State Buckeyes find themselves in a similar situation following a loss...
Kentucky Basketball: Greg Doyell On John Calipari And The Anthony Davis Accusations
The irrepressible Gregg Doyell strikes again, this time in an interview with Larry Glover on Larry Glover Live. As usual, Doyel is lively, irreverent and opinionated. The podcast of the segment talking about Calipari is here. Here are some of the interesting parts about Kentucky. In a...
Leuering them in
Badgers continue to improve as they deal Illini major blow CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Message sent. The NCAA selection committee might have been watching Wisconsin's 72-57 win over Illinois Sunday wondering whether or not it should put the Illini in the tournament, but now the committee members have...
Defense wins a lot of things, including games like these
If you're wondering what Illini fans are thinking about their game at Wisconsin tonight, just check out the lead in the Hail to the Orange game preview: The Illini are going to lose this game. I have prepared myself for it. Sure the Illini are on a four-game winning streak and just beat...
Hail to the Orange in Hall tonight for Missouri Southern
Many thousand apologies for the conspicuous absence of updates today, much as I would like it to be, blogging is not my full time job. Regardless I am making it up to myself and all of you by giving some fun live coverage of the first exhibition game tonight at the Assembly Hall. Its the first game...
The Bruce Weber Emotional Report Card
Oh basketball season, you cant come fast enough. You know the University of Illinois has always been on the forefront of progressive education, and has never been afraid to try new ways to educate and encourage its students. It is in that spirit that I would like to introduce a new way to grade out...
Hmm, that did not go well, Tisdale does not make USA WUG basketball team.
You may remember last week that Mike Davis broke his ankle in the practices leading up to the Team USA World University Basketball Games tryout. Aside from the obvious downside of having a major injury to a key player to the team, it also meant that it would be unlikely to have any representation...
University of Illinois Selects a Mascot!!!
Hey sportsfans! Are you ready to throw your fanatical devotion behind the new administration approved University of Illinois Mascot!!!! If so then today is your lucky day, because the DIA has just unveiled the representative of our University at home athletic events. Its ILLI, THE CORNMAN! ...
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