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DiNardo Breaks Down Beckman
(WSCR) Now that the Illini have their head coach in place, they can begin focusing on football. College football analyst Gerry DiNardo joined The Boers and Bernstein Show to break down the hiring of...
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Weber: Illini ‘Don’t Seem To Give In’
(WSCR) You may not believe it, but the Fighting Illini basketball team is 10-0. The No.19 Illini will look to improve to 11-0 when they take on UNLV on Saturday at the United Center. “It’ll be a...
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Report: Illinois Coaches Threaten To Boycott Bowl
(CBS) According to a report from the Chicago Tribune, four Illinois football coaches have threatened to boycott the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl if they can’t settle a contract dispute with the university....
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Illini’s Mercilus To Enter NFL Draft
(CBS) Illinois defensive end Whitney Mercilus announced Tuesday he will enter the NFL draft. “After a lot of prayer and discussion with my family, I have decided the time is right for me to forgo my...
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Illini Coach Backs Out After Accepting Offer
(CBS) This probably isn’t the way new Illini head football coach Tim Beckman wanted to start his time in Illinois. One day after Jon Tenuta accepted a position in the program, likely as the defensive...
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Wisch: College Twitter Bans Deny (140) Character Building
By Dave Wischnowsky- (CBS) To tweet, or not to tweet? In Columbus, where the Ohio State University showed us how even in this post-Jim Tressel era it can still roll out a four-star cover-up story, that...
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Wisch: Nebraska Will Have Illini Basketball Seeing (More) Red
By Dave Wischnowsky – (CBS) Of the Big Ten’s dozen schools, a full third of them now feature a shade of red as their dominant color. There’s Ohio State with its scarlet (and gray). There’s Indiana with...
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Two Illinois Trustees Vote No On Beckman Over Race
(CBS) The University of Illinois’ board of trustees has approved the five-year, $9 million contract for new head football coach Tim Beckman, but the vote was not unanimous. According to a report, the...
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Illini AD Thomas Noncommittal Toward Bruce Weber
(WSCR) As the Illini basketball team continues to struggle, the fate of head coach Bruce Weber has come into question. Illinois athletic director Mike Thomas joined The McNeil and Spiegel Show and...
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Weber Has Reached ‘Point Of No Return’
(WSCR) On the heels of Illinois’ 67-62 loss to Purdue on Wednesday night, head coach Bruce Weber delivered a powerful postgame press conference. After the loss, Weber appeared to have conceded that his...
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Wisch: Can Illinois ‘Conquer’ Chicago? Mike Thomas Is Going To Try
By Dave Wischnowsky – (CBS) Last August, Mike Thomas managed to throw down a gauntlet in Chicago. While perched behind a podium in Champaign. “I think we need to become better branded nationally, and...
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Muller: Illini Players Need To Be Held Accountable
By Shawn Muller- (CBS) I have a confession to make. Prior to their game last night against the Michigan Wolverines on Senior Night at Assembly Hall, I had not paid much attention to the Illinois...
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Report: Illini’s Beckman Uses Porridge For Punishment
(WSCR) New Illinois head football coach Tim Beckman is serious about his players obeying his rules. At the team’s “All-In Banquet,” Beckman gave those players who followed the rules – arriving to...
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VIDEO: Bruce Weber’s Emotional Postgame Remarks
INDIANAPOLIS (WSCR) Could this be it for Bruce Weber? Following his team’s loss to Iowa in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament, Illinois head coach Bruce Weber addressed the media and got a...
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Wisch: For Illini Hoops, Loyalty Only Goes So Far
By Dave Wischnowsky – (CBS) The Butler Bulldogs are NIT-bound. And after today’s loss to Iowa in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament, the Fighting Illini are headed there, too. If they even elect...
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Video: 7-Year Anniversary Of Illinois-Arizona Game
(WSCR) Oh, how far the Illini have fallen. It was seven years ago today the Illinois men’s basketball team orchestrated the come back of the decade when they erased a 15-point deficit in the game’s...
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Photo: John Groce Look-A-Like
(WSCR) New Illinois head coach John Groce has a familiar face. Here’s a picture comparing Groce with the infamous “Face Cake!” guy from the AT&T commercials. See the resemblance? John Groce and...
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Groce: Illinois Would Be ‘Foolish’ To Neglect Chicago
(WSCR) The drama surround Illinois’ coaching search has finally settled down. From Shaka Smart to Brad Stevens, the Illini finally landed Ohio University’s John Groce. While there has been speculation...
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Illinois AD: Coaching Search ‘Went According To Plan’
(WSCR) To put it simply, the Illinois coaching search was a bit of a circus. Each day, new reports would arise saying which coaches Illinois was pursuing, as well as which coaches were turning down the...
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Wisch: With House-Cleaning Done, Heat Is Now On Illini’s Thomas
By Dave Wischnowsky- (CBS) In the Fall of 1929, after longtime New York Yankees manager Miller Huggins died late in the season from a combination of illness and exhaustion, the Bronx Bombers embarked...
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Report: Groce Won’t Retain Howard On Illini Staff
(CBS) As new Illinois head coach John Groce prepares for his first season with the Illini, he’ll do so without assistant coach Jerrance Howard. Reports indicate Howard was named the Illini’s interim...
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Wisch: Scheduling Kentucky Could Put A Bounce In Illini’s Step
By Dave Wischnowsky – (CBS) Illinois still needs a nonconference basketball opponent for its annual game at the United Center this December. Meanwhile, down at Kentucky, John Calipari’s national...
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Former Illini Star Williams Lands Mega Contract With Nets
NEW YORK (AP) — Deron Williams is moving to Brooklyn with the Nets, instead of back home to Dallas. The All-Star point guard said on his Twitter page Tuesday night that he “made a very tough decision...
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Wisch: Illinois’ Beckman Mishandled Penn State ‘Recruiting’ Trip
By Dave Wischnowsky- (CBS) On Tuesday, I wrote that the ineligibility of Penn State and Ohio State for this season’s Big Ten Championship Game opened a door in the Leaders Division for new Illinois...
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Wisch: Illinois Has Something No Other School Can Offer – And John Groce...
By Dave Wischnowsky- (CBS) From Kansas’ Naismith tradition to North Carolina’s Jordanesque pedigree to Duke’s Coach K-fueled dominance, every “basketball” school in the country has something special to...
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Wisch: The Truth About Illinois Football
By Dave Wischnowsky – (CBS) Every so often on the campus of the University of Illinois, seemingly no matter the coach or the era, you’ll see T-shirts pop up bearing the slogan, “Champaign: A Drinking...
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Wisch: Jereme Richmond Has No One To Blame But Himself
By Dave Wischnowsky – (CBS) Jereme Richmond could have been spending this weekend preparing to start his junior season at the University of Illinois. Instead, he’s spending it in jail. And for that...
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Wisch: Is This Northwestern’s Best Team Since The Rose Bowl?
By Dave Wischnowsky – (CBS) I can remember Sept. 2, 1995, like … Well, not like it was yesterday, but I can certainly remember it. That afternoon, I was sitting with a pack of buddies in the Block I...
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Groce, Illini Put Together Top 25 Recruiting Class
(WSCR) It’s safe to say it’s been a nice ride for new Illinois basketball coach John Groce. In his first seven months on the job, Groce has put together a top-25 recruiting class. Rivals.com lists the...
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Wisch: Would The Illini Be Better With Ron Zook As Coach?
By Dave Wischnowsky – (CBS) He might be off waterskiing somewhere. Maybe he’s brushing up on how to keep track of game scores. Or perhaps at this very moment, he has his feet kicked up in a La-Z-Boy, a...
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Wisch: The State’s Best Football Program? It’s NIU
By Dave Wischnowsky – (CBS) I’ve always found it odd that here in Illinois, despite being the fifth most populous state in the country, we have only three major college football programs. Out west,...
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Illinois Basketball Ranked In Top 25
(WSCR) Fortunately for Illini fans, football season is over and their focus can now switch to basketball New head coach John Groce has impressed thus far, leading his team to a 7-0 start and landing at...
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Illini’s Paul Named National Player Of The Week
(WSCR) Behind their No. 10 national ranking, a member of the Illinois basketball team has earned national honors. The U.S. Basketball Writers Association named Brandon Paul the Oscar Robertson National...
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Wisch: Illinois Needs A New Border War Rival
By Dave Wischnowsky- (CBS) Come this evening in front of a rabid crowd in St. Louis, Illinois will defend its border against Missouri during the two schools’ annual Braggin’ Rights game. Three weeks...
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Wisch: I’m Dreaming of Better United Center Matchups For Illini Hoops
By Dave Wischnowsky – (CBS) There are more than 20,000 seats inside the United Center. But Saturday afternoon, when the 12th-ranked Fighting Illini basketball team tips off against the Auburn Tigers,...
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Illinois Drops In AP Poll
(WSCR) Despite a win against top-ranked Ohio State, the Illini dropped to No. 12 in the AP poll. The team’s loss to unranked Purdue likely swayed the vote. The Illini’s next opponent, Minnesota, moved...
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Wisch: Illini Need To Make Upset Of No. 1 IU Mean Even More
By Dave Wischnowsky – (CBS) It was a win that only the heaviest orange Kool-Aid drinker could have possibly seen coming, but it’s a victory that will forever be viewed by every Illini fan as among the...
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Wisch: Illini Season Already A Success? It’s Looking Like It
By Dave Wischnowsky – (CBS) By the end of that ugly Big Ten basketball tilt in Iowa City on Tuesday night, the only thing more plentiful among the Illini than missed shots was their disappointment....
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Wisch: Has Optimism For Illini Football Ever Been Lower?
By Dave Wischnowsky – (CBS) From 1994-98, I was a student at the University of Illinois, and during those four years I saw a grand total of 14 football victories. Seven of them came during my freshman...
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Fighting Illini Basketball, Football To Be Broadcast On 670 The Score
(WSCR) – University of Illinois Director of Athletics Mike Thomas announced today that Learfield Sports’ Fighting Illini Sports Properties has secured WSCR 670 The Score as the newest radio affiliate...
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