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more about #illinoisfightingillini more comments → Hockeymom: I saw the Timberwolves on TV last night. I doubt they cracked triple digits in attendance. Seriously pathetic. more » MarkKelsosMigraine: I remember Rory Sparrow. He was one tough bird. more » Kid Canada: Get crazy with the cheez whiz! more » the earl of weaver: "One and 17!" I'll pass on the one but I'll take the 17. - Kevin Johnson more » DirkToberFest: I was there last night. The fans are some of the saddest folks I have ever seen at a sporting event. There are happier people in waiting rooms just ... more » AzureTexan: ". . . it turned out to be something like live blogging the Hindenburg." Maybe we can also live-blog the career trajectory of Pacman Jones. more » MattinglysSideburns: "One and 17 tonight, coach!" he said, and held on for a moment and repeated himself. This is markedly similar to Sheldon Kennedy's nightly refrain of... more » UpstateUnderdog: break out the champagne 1988-89 Miami Heat and the 1998-99 Clippers more » Bobby Big Wheel: Also winning last night: Eugene V. Debs, Harold Stassen and The Jay Leno Show.. more » VTBen: My bracket sucked today but at least I got this one right. Suck it LL-N! [deadspin.com] more » mikedrawcar: If only his name were Menendez-Valdez. It would be quite the 90's flashback. more » pr0FF3ss0r_j3rkwh3at: Kige can't believe this shit. more » Len Bias Cocaine Surplus: I love the ole pass that touches no one yet time ticks off the clock more » Steve U: "There is a company that is like no other company in the world" If this were an ad for The Office, that would be fucking amazing. Sadly, it was an ad... more » J-No: How is Michael Jordan's son plays for U of I not on the Bingo card? That is blasphemy. more » -
#lastnightswinner
Last Night's Winner: Losers
In sports, everyone is a winner—some people just win better than others. Like the 1988-89 Miami Heat and the 1998-99 Clippers, who won last night because the New Jersey Nets lost. More » -
#marchmadness
NCAA Tournament Live Blog: (5) Illinois Vs. (12) Western Kentucky
Your live blogger for this game will be NBCSports.com contributor Yoni Cohen, whose Internet home is Yoco Hoops.
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#collegebasketball
Gentlemen, Warm Up Your Cookie Sheets
Michigan State is in Illinois right now, trying to win a share of the Big Ten title, so if you don't hear from me for a little while, don't panic. If they lose—panic. [ESPN, photo via] -
#collegebasketball
Illinois, Penn State Try Out Innovative New Square Basketball On Wednesday
Hey, it wasn't me this time: Scott Van Pelt (he's back!) had this to say about Penn State's 38-33 win over Illinois on Wednesday. "Watching Big Ten basketball is like watching fat people have sex." More » -
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#illinoisfightingillini
The Mendenhall family is rough on Ron Zook. [Foul Balls]
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#nofreakingway
The Illini's Ridiculous, Plodding "Run"
Realize that we have seen our Illini do this before. In 1999, an 11th-seeded Illini team rode the hot hand of Cory Bradford to an amazing tourney championship game run, before collapsing, exhausted, to Michigan State (who eventually made the Final Four). That run was thrilling, breathtaking; it was a sign that this young Illinois team was more talented than people realized and would be a future force with which to be reckoned. (They made the NCAA tournament the next season and haven't missed it since.) This "run," the one that has them in the Big Ten Championship Game today, isn't quite like that. Like, at all. More » -
#illinoisfightingillini
We will miss Mr. Mendenhall. [Mark Tupper]
