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... uiting pitch here is simple. In a way. Playing time will be available in the Illini backcourt in the 2020-21 season with Andres Feliz graduating and Ayo Dosunmu ...
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Class of 2020 four-star recruit trims his list of schools on Monday afternoon
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... in mid-September and could become the second Morgan Park product to pick the Illini since Underwood became the Illini coach in March 2017. Ayo Dosunmu, who play ...
Gift will develop new student-development center at basketball complex
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... in their name, will have a dramatic impact on the overall experience of our Fighting Illini men's and women's basketball student-athletes." The 20-year Ubben Complex wi ...
It hasn't taken long for Kofi Cockburn to make an impact for Illinois men's basketball. The 7-foot freshman already boasts two double-doubles in three regular-season games.
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... nd 14 boards in a triumph at Grand Canyon last Friday. Cockburn is the first Illini freshman in 37 years to notch double-digit points and rebounds in both of hi ...
Ball security trouble struck again Sunday in loss at No. 21 Arizona
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... rpose.” Illinois didn’t set things up to turn the ball over 22 times against Arizona. Trailing by just a single point at halftime Sunday, the Illini committed th ...
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... 18 against Hawaii. It’s the first of five straight games at home before the Illini’s early December Big Ten opener on Dec. 7 at Maryland. Playing Grand Canyon ...
Your daily dose of college basketball news from Illini beat writer and AP Top 25 voter Scott Richey.
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... dated: November 11, 2019 @ 6:51 am Toggle navigation top story Good Morning, Illini Nation: Freshmen big men getting early experience 1 hr ago College/Prep Spor ...
Wildcats turn focus on Cockburn; Bezhanishvili struggles to stay on the court
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... nts. Zeke Nnaji put up 19 points and five rebounds. Underwood liked what the Illini did defensively in the first half against the Wildcats and that trio, but it ...
Ball security trouble struck again Sunday in loss at No. 21 Arizona
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... 18 against Hawaii. It’s the first of five straight games at home before the Illini’s early December Big Ten opener on Dec. 7 at Maryland. Playing Grand Canyon ...
Turnovers costly for Illini against No. 21 Wildcats
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... : D+ Arizona: B+ This wasn’t going to be the same type of experience for the Illini bigs as they had Friday at Grand Canyon. Mostly because the Wildcats had fro ...
Turnovers costly for Illini against No. 21 Wildcats
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... e problem Sunday night, though, was Arizona could easily claim the same. The Illini made too many mistakes — the turnovers and a lot of easy shots for the Wildc ...
Toughest challenge of the season awaits the Illini in Tucson
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... Mannion. Fellow freshman Zeke Nnaji — a rangy 6-foot-11 forward and one-time Illini recruiting target — dropped 20 points in Arizona's win against NAU. Then the ...
