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DARK SECRETS: 2 - The Real Truth

Big Ten Basketball Notebook: Eric Musselman’s Team-Building Tactic

Outside of its four new members, the league has seen plenty of changes in store for the 2024-25 season.

Sports Illustrated

March Madness: Ranking the Men’s NCAA Tournament Field 1–68

As you fill out your bracket, here is what to know about every men’s basketball team in the Big Dance.

Sports Illustrated

Face it: Jordan rules. Jordan Love, that is, whose Packers playoff debut was scary-good

The foulest thing about the weekend wasn’t the miserable weather, but rather Bears fans’ collective mood after watching Love go from promising first-year starter to budding superstar in a 48-32 dismantling of the Cowboys.

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Five quotes from Tom Izzo following Michigan State basketball’s loss to No. 10 Illinois

Five quotes from Tom Izzo following Michigan State basketball's loss to No. 10 Illinois

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Purdue Proves Once Again It Isn’t a Zach Edey One-Man Show

The Boilermakers flashed their depth behind the defending National Player of the Year against Illinois and showed why the Big Ten championship is theirs for the taking.

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Zach Edey sits as Marcus Domask shines, but No. 1 Purdue holds on 83-78 against No. 9 Illinois

Domask scored 26, but the Illini couldn’t come all the way back from a 21-point second-half deficit.

Chicago Sun-Times

Another Illini basketball team is on the brink of the top 10, but how does this one stack up?

There might be more quality around Terrence Shannon Jr. than there was around stars Ayo Dosunmu and Kofi Cockburn.

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Terrence Shannon scores 30 as No. 13 Illinois routs Missouri for Braggin’ Rights

“There was a little bit of juice, obviously, because of how bad they beat us last year,” said Shannon, who eclipsed 20 points for the seventh time in his last nine games.

Chicago Sun-Times

Don’t sleep on Illini’s Terrence Shannon Jr., whose ode to basketball is a moonlight serenade

Why is Shannon, the best player on the 16th-ranked team in the land, averaging 21.7 points, shooting 50.8% from the field and 42.4% from three and being talked about in All-American terms? Read on.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois falls to Tennessee in top-20 matchup

Dalton Knecht scored 21 points and No. 17 Tennessee rallied from a second-half deficit to beat No. 20 Illinois 86-79 Saturday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Terrence Shannon Jr. leads Illinois over Rutgers

Shannon Jr. had 23 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 24 Illinois beat Rutgers 76-58 in the Big Ten opener for both schools.

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No. 23 Illinois falls 71-64 to No. 4 Marquette

Terrence Shannon scores 21 points in Illini’s first loss

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Illinois beats Eastern Illinois 80-52 in season opener

Twelve players scored for the Illini as they used their depth to turn away the Panthers.

Chicago Sun-Times

College hoops preview: Kansas rocks, Big Ten is overdue; we’ll see about Illini and ’Cats

Let’s talk about what to watch for this season. Ten storylines:

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Charity Exhibition Takeaways: Illinois Stuns No. 1 Kansas, Tennessee Drops MSU

From the Boilermakers to the Jayhawks, some of college basketball’s biggest teams played this weekend, giving fans a taste of what’s to come this season.

Chicago Sun-Times

No. 25 Illinois thinks things have improved after an underachieving season

With eight players back from last season, the Illini have one of the most experienced rosters in the nation.

Chicago Sun-Times

Yorkville senior Jason Jakstys commits to Illinois

Jason Jakstys joins Thornton’s Morez Johnson as a pair of complementing big men in coach Brad Underwood’s 2024 recruiting class at Illinois.

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Assessing Men’s Basketball Programs Following the NBA Draft Deadline

Several high-profile players drastically impacted their college programs by making stay-or-go decisions.

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Paul Sullivan: Illinois suffers another early NCAA Tournament exit, losing to Arkansas 73-63. ‘We had opportunities.’

DES MOINES, Iowa — Illinois came into the NCAA Tournament with nothing to lose, so Thursday’s first-round exit at the hands of Arkansas wasn’t as difficult to digest as their most recent tournament losses.

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Illinois — its flaws on full display — bounced quickly from NCAAs by Arkansas 73-63

There won’t be much of anything worth remembering about the Illini’s loss to the Razorbacks, and, truth be told, there might be only one thing: The Illini didn’t show up until it was too late.

Chicago Sun-Times

It’s now or never for Illinois, which opens NCAAs against similarly flawed Arkansas

Fortunately for the ninth-seeded Illini, Thursday’s matchup won’t be a jumping contest. At least they’d sure as heck better hope not.

Chicago Tribune

Illinois bows out of Big Ten tournament with 79-76 loss to Penn State

CHICAGO — One by one the higher-seeded teams kept falling in the Big Ten tournament, leading into Thursday night’s Illinois-Penn State game at the United Center.

Chicago Tribune

Paul Sullivan: The only sure thing in this week’s Big Ten tournament at the United Center is unpredictability

CHICAGO — It was only a year ago that Boo Buie and Northwestern watched Iowa set a slew of Big Ten tournament scoring records in a 112-76 second-round rout in Indianapolis.

Chicago Sun-Times

No. 5 Purdue staves off Illinois’ second-half rally

The Boilermakers led by 24 early in the second half before the Illini rallied and eventually tied the game at 67 with 1:17 to go. Edey’s layup gave Purdue a 69-67 edge with 56 seconds left, and Illinois turned over the ball with 31 seconds left.

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Entrenched in mediocrity, Illinois falls at No. 14 Indiana

Mayer leads Illini with 24 points; Shannon (concussion protocol) misses game

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