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Without checking, I believe Illinois has 5 also: Texas Tech, Alabama, Missouri, Tennessee, UConn. Coach says they are looking for another, too.

It can happen. Ben Humrichous played three years at Huntington before going to Evansville for a year then to Illinois. I will say that adjusting to competition level of the Big Ten was tough at times for Humrichous, but he came on strong late. I expect him to shoot it better with a year of...

Illinois is not listed as a top portal team as they only had two transfers. The other top players were Euros who count as recruits.

no doubt he is a very good coach. The Big Ten is filled with very good coaches. Still comes down to talent.

Underwood is a glutton for punishment. Confirmed games: Tennessee, UConn, Alabama, Missouri, Texas Tech Illinois went 2-3 against a similar gauntlet last season. I’m torn on whether this is a good idea.

I know Washington has fared well in the portal. Northwestern is always better than predicted and have the returning leading scorer in the league. Lots of unknowns right now. Indiana has a new coach but has added a lot of talent.

I don’t think Illinois will play in one. Underwood prefers the single game high profile matchups. Pretty sure they are playing Tennessee and Alabama again. Expect a couple more.

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He’s really not. He’s an extremely kind man. You just see from the outside. Do a little more research about his relationships with players, his close friends among the Big Ten coaches and his many charitable activities. He just had a huge Coaches against Cancer fundraiser. In the last few...

You are pretty far off base. Hawkins loves Underwood. He spent four years here and graduated, then went for a bag. He constantly talked about winning at Illinois while KState struggled. He still follows Illinois and still talks to Underwood weekly. He jokes a lot, too, like about the...

Desmond Claude entered the portal today. I thought he was really good for USC this past season.

Quite a few players with no eligibility left are trying for a waiver: Dainja, Dickinson and a number of others. Just in case the rules change.

Illinois football just had a nose tackle denied a 6th year. The argument is that he played 5 games at Northwestern (4 is the limit) his sophomore year. Basketball doesn’t have the 4 game rule. It’s as soon as you enter a game barring injury in the first 30% of games. Hard to imagine they...

Agreed. Great offensive rebounder and has a motor. His dad wants more, though. Plus the extra $800,000. Lol

Morez is a loss for Illinois. He was a freshman who averaged 7 an 6 this season and was offered $1,000,000 for next season as a rebounder/rim runner. His dad wanted him to shoot threes and be a bigger part of the offense to prepare for next level. That is Ivisic. Other schools have offered...

He was 0-7 against Illinois. Kofi was his daddy. Lol

Goode graduated in 3 years at Illinois, then one year at IU. He is trying to get a 5th year, not a sixth. I don’t think Goode has a case. The 30% rule is injury at the beginning of a season. Goode was out then came back for the last third of the season. Hard to imagine that Garcia would...

Some noise for Medved. Probably just noise.

It’s been injury and illness. Jakucionis missed games with a forearm injury and struggled a bit with the “freshman wall.” Ivisic had mono and a sprained ankle and missed multiple games. Riley had the flu. Even today, Gibbs-Lawhorn and Tre White were recovering from the flu and barely played...

Also got the home court bump as Illinois star Jakucionis only played 9 minutes due to foul trouble. The Izzo factor. Illinois is a totally different team without him. Still only lost by 2. Look forward to MSU coming to Champaign.