you never know if you have a legit star, but that thought never crossed my mind
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but if he was a marginal NBA pick it would be a legit question of how high you go to keep him before you spend too much
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 Illini Basketball vs. Washington Pre-Game and Game Thread (Thursday, 8pm on FS1) - JFG January 28, 2026, 8:20:17
- Sounds like Mast is in bad shape - biclops Today, 15:26:27
- 10-game win streaks in the modern era - Blazer Today, 14:40:57
- Mirko’s parents were at the game. His dad…. - LeatherneckIllini Today, 14:12:16
- Also, Washington is no longer the Huskies. Now they're the Dawgs. :-)) * - osklister Today, 11:18:13
- Thinking back to the days when we used to look towards 20 wins as a tourney lock - OWWDig Today, 9:10:17
- Article on how Illinois is the top program for former players doing well elsewhere. - ibdoc Today, 8:18:54
- I think we are watching the greatest Illini player of all time. - uofi1998 Today, 7:14:01
- Amazing watching how quickly he is blossoming* - JeffFrank Today, 13:05:59
- A lot of recency bias here, but there is a non-long shot possibility this becomes accurate* - Blazer Today, 13:02:38
- I'm too supersticious to participate in this dicussion right now. - OWWDig Today, 11:01:05
- No one year player can be the greatest Illini of all time - ISeeDeadHawkeyes Today, 10:10:47
- Man...Derek Harper and Nick Anderson weren't too shabby* - LWillhite Today, 9:47:59
- I tried to suggest this after Purdue. I don't know if I put him 1 but the conversation should happen - CanHartlebHireSnider Today, 9:46:17
- Senior year Terrance Shannon was the most overwhelmingly impressive player on both ends - OB25 Today, 9:43:55
- Difficult to judge when comparing 1 season to 3-4 season players. - EffinIllini Today, 9:35:07
- I think Frank Williams measures up pretty well. - memyselfandillini Today, 9:27:20
- What's kind of wild is that we got him for pennies too - ijustkrushalot Today, 8:40:25
- Deron was dominant offensively and defensively and the 3rd overall pick. Keaton is still behind that - Orangeillini Today, 8:33:59
- Honestly I’m glad he’s one and done and we won’t get outbid by Kansas or Kentucky or whoever. - nash Today, 7:23:19
- This is pretty wild after the ‘Ben is our highest graded defender’ scolding from last year - OB25 Yesterday, 23:01:17
- ooo - jdl Yesterday, 22:22:53
- I feel like Mirk gets crapped on early every gamethread here then puts up a great line as a true FR* - OB25 Yesterday, 22:18:11
- Tomi 1-8 from 3 tonight. I think the 7 misses were all off the front iron.* - voiceofreason Yesterday, 22:15:41
- Wagler, Mirkovic, and Humrichous * - biclops Yesterday, 22:14:35
- Down to 6 in KenPom* - UIHuskie Yesterday, 22:14:05
- Nice to get a semi easy win when you don’t play all that well* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 22:13:00
- Ugly win, but workmanlike* - Blazer Yesterday, 22:11:23
- Jdl can we get the giant ceremonial lock out?* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes Yesterday, 22:11:12
- T1 B1G * - jdl Yesterday, 22:11:09
- Fouling down 9 with 25 secs…brah* - cpsteine Yesterday, 22:10:58
- That’s a good, tough win* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 22:10:57
- lol at no cover charge at KAM’s for the next hour if we make 10 threes* - OB25 Yesterday, 22:10:22
- Thought we were going to KenPom the crap out of them at the end there.* - voiceofreason Yesterday, 22:09:41
- Dammit, almost got the cover* - Blazer Yesterday, 22:09:13
- JFC Andrej* - OB25 Yesterday, 22:09:09
- Fuck Washington. Fuck them.* - Toonces Yesterday, 22:08:43
- He’s (not) a brick. House.* - nash Yesterday, 22:08:21
- I feel like UW is the temu version of us* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes Yesterday, 22:08:20
- Ben is the man tonight* - cpsteine Yesterday, 22:08:17
- Good for Hummer. Worked his ass off today* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 22:07:26
- Ben!* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 22:07:09
- BEN * - jdl Yesterday, 22:07:06
- thought that was going to be the Wagler Dagler * - jdl Yesterday, 22:06:04
- Steinbach is an incredibly impressive player* - CWR10 Yesterday, 22:05:44
- Looks like the slop caught up with them lol * - biclops Yesterday, 22:05:33
- I thank them for seeming to forget they have a lottery pick on the floor. Never get him the ball* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 22:05:31
- Hey lets get the stadium pumped up, singalong with Creed! - illini222 Yesterday, 22:00:55
- No more ivisic threes, thx* - cpsteine Yesterday, 22:00:50
- There is so many similarities to us playing them last year. - tvillini Yesterday, 22:00:41
- I’m going to OD on donuts when Hummer finds his way into an NBA game* - OB25 Yesterday, 22:00:29
- Jesus Keaton’s passing is unreal* - Blazer Yesterday, 21:59:56
- Keaton passes to Andrej on the fast break - never any chance of another pass after that* - Orangeillini Yesterday, 21:59:55
- Ben has saved us today* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes Yesterday, 21:59:54
- Glad Ben made that three after they ignored the foul on Dre's drive * - jdl Yesterday, 21:59:27
- Hot damn Ben. * - illini Yesterday, 21:58:48
- Humrichous killing it* - biclops Yesterday, 21:58:47
- Ben!* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 21:58:46
- do they still do the matto chart or whatever it was?* - lcubed Yesterday, 21:58:31
- Tomi short on his 3’s so often this year. Killing us today* - OB25 Yesterday, 21:58:15
- They can’t miss the bad shots * - illini Yesterday, 21:57:55
- What a pass* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 21:56:46
- Ouch* - gvibes Yesterday, 21:52:41
- I wish that Man-WOULD-Quit, amirite???* - OB25 Yesterday, 21:50:09
- My goodness kid. Also he should have probably drawn like 4 more fouls than he has* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 21:48:21
- Just can't put these effers away* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes Yesterday, 21:47:13
- Tomi is killing us from 3 tonight.* - voiceofreason Yesterday, 21:47:03
- ooo - biclops Yesterday, 21:45:46
- Yay more slop* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 21:45:39
- lol, Z’s flop* - voiceofreason Yesterday, 21:45:15
- Z getting worked on the boards* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 21:44:14
- No guard lineup, huh* - Blazer Yesterday, 21:37:22
- Absolute slop going in* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 21:35:45
- C’mon with these shit shots going in for them.* - voiceofreason Yesterday, 21:35:33
- Jfc these shots* - cpsteine Yesterday, 21:35:30
- More garbage * - biclops Yesterday, 21:35:04
- Less time to think, better Ben is* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 21:34:28
- Good job Ben* - biclops Yesterday, 21:34:13
- Ben has had a terrific game* - GMAW Yesterday, 21:34:08
- Big Z so weak* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 21:33:26
- Really thought we were going to take control when we got up 10* - OB25 Yesterday, 21:30:54
- Have to get Wagler a blow somewhere in here in case we need him late* - Blazer Yesterday, 21:30:51
- This is hard to watch * - biclops Yesterday, 21:29:54
- Fucking hell, they cant miss* - GrandmotherPearlsJam Yesterday, 21:29:03
- Yay they can’t miss* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 21:28:49
- UW shot selection is kinda shitty and just making them all to start the half* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 21:26:25
- Wagler def fouled there* - cpsteine Yesterday, 21:24:03
- Right at our season average for 3s. Just missed some layups and FTs* - Blazer Yesterday, 21:20:56
- Sleepy efforts, still up 7. Fire it up to start 2H* - bjl63 Yesterday, 21:11:44
- Purdue freshman Keenan wagler* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 21:09:38
- Z has to figure out how to stay on the floor in the 2nd half.* - voiceofreason Yesterday, 21:07:50
- They have more rebounds * - biclops Yesterday, 21:06:37
- I’ll take it. A little flat after a big win. Nice job to get 2 more at the end by Keaton.* - voiceofreason Yesterday, 21:06:13
- This has been such a gross game. No rhythm at all. If we played average we’d be up 20* - Desert Yesterday, 21:05:26
- Dre has such a bad three point release * - assassin Yesterday, 21:03:41
- 41 on Washington is shiving Keaton in the back on every screen* - Blazer Yesterday, 20:59:27
- Wagler looks dead tired. We all look slow all the sudden* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 20:56:40
- Classic Humrichous sequence * - biclops Yesterday, 20:56:31
- The Ben 5 point swing* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 20:56:21
- Their offense blows. Let’s clean it up into the half. * - illini Yesterday, 20:54:12
- Didn’t need to hold him Dave. * - assassin Yesterday, 20:53:17
- These FTs man cmon* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 20:51:58
- Not a good Davis game so far* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 20:49:38
- 2nd bad pass from Davis - jdl Yesterday, 20:49:26
- This team would be a really tough matchup for us if Claude was playing.* - OB25 Yesterday, 20:46:37
- Gotta make them pay at the line dudes * - biclops Yesterday, 20:45:16
- Can’t believe Mirk’s moving screens don’t get called more. That last one was hilarious.* - voiceofreason Yesterday, 20:44:11
- Mirk you can't grab the guy right in front of the ref * - jdl Yesterday, 20:43:38
- 24 is thiccc* - assassin Yesterday, 20:41:25
- This whole team is on roids* - cpsteine Yesterday, 20:41:11
- Z picking up too many fouls lately.* - voiceofreason Yesterday, 20:41:06
- Grooooooooossssssssss* - Blazer Yesterday, 20:40:41
- mirk is a mess with the ball.* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 20:39:59
- Mirk draws a lot of fouls on his drives at least* - OB25 Yesterday, 20:39:40
- well, maybe we’ll get to shoot a lot of FTs tonight * - biclops Yesterday, 20:39:17
- In the bonus * - jdl Yesterday, 20:39:14
- In the bonus. Keep being aggressive* - UofIL6 Yesterday, 20:39:04
- this game has benn an affront to offensive basketball.* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 20:36:45
- This is wild how many shots at the rim won’t go in* - Blazer Yesterday, 20:36:37
- that was an unfortunate sequence * - biclops Yesterday, 20:36:29
- LOL at also missing open dunks * - ISeeDeadHawkeyes Yesterday, 20:36:27
- Davis tried to lob that to Wemby* - assassin Yesterday, 20:36:15
- If anyone else on the team could make a shot we’d already have these guys buried. Fuckin hell* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 20:36:08
- I’ll say this about Washington: they’re the only team this year to make us look small* - opossum jenkins Yesterday, 20:33:43
- Wagler really does an answer for any kind of defense. Separator of him vs. college Ayo offensively* - OB25 Yesterday, 20:33:14
- Scary night to be a backboard . Woof what a shooting display!* - OWWDig Yesterday, 20:33:05
- Fuck you Brandon Roy* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes Yesterday, 20:32:25
- Wagler’s ability to adjust to this D is almost as impressive as making all those 3s. He’s a stud* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 20:32:05
- Farts all around* - assassin Yesterday, 20:31:31
- So andrej is full boom or bust huh. Either 20+ or can’t make layups* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 20:31:30
- Make a fucking layup, guys.* - voiceofreason Yesterday, 20:31:27
- Illinois make a layup challenge* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 20:31:16
- We can have as many pick and pop threes as we want to take. * - assassin Yesterday, 20:27:53
- I’d love it if Tomislav could make a first half three * - biclops Yesterday, 20:27:48
- Dare I say, might be a Petro game? - Blazer Yesterday, 20:26:09
- “just a breakdown on defense”. Uh, Wagler shot that from 28 feet out* - HeatMizer Yesterday, 20:24:46
- This is the exact kind of roster that has given us fits on offense under Brad* - Blazer Yesterday, 20:24:43
- Need to get Hummer in for Andrej* - OB25 Yesterday, 20:24:32
- Andrej 3 shots that didn't hit the rim lol* - Orangeillini Yesterday, 20:24:30
- Taking some really bad shots* - UofIL6 Yesterday, 20:24:10
- Has Mirkovic made a layup this year?* - biclops Yesterday, 20:22:59
- Can we as a team just stop shooting?* - HeatMizer Yesterday, 20:22:57
- Groce* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 20:22:45
- Is missing every shot bad?* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes Yesterday, 20:21:07
- So extreme ball pressure and face guarding. Have to shred that up* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 20:19:36
- This is a very different defense * - biclops Yesterday, 20:19:26
- One possession in and you can tell their strategy is to get inside our jerseys on defense. - OB25 Yesterday, 20:19:15
- 815 tip?* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes Yesterday, 20:07:02
- In other Underwood child news, ADDC got engaged to one of the Underwood girls* - gvibes Yesterday, 15:25:00
- "4 to 8 range" - John Coctostan Yesterday, 13:53:04
- Did nepotism get us a really good assistant coach? Many such cases* - gvibes Yesterday, 13:18:34
- There seems to have been a run on red string and push pins in the general Illinois vicinity - ATL Yesterday, 15:17:19
- I never minded the Tyler hire anyways, I think it's materially different than Cubit/Lovie - ijustkrushalot Yesterday, 14:56:59
- For sure I've flipped from annoyed Tyler is here because he wouldn't be unless his dad was the coach - meanjeans Yesterday, 13:59:46
- Maybe. I'm convinced the plan for Brad is to pass the program on to Tyler when he's ready to retire - illini21 Yesterday, 13:29:02
- Brad had to work a long time paying dues before he got this job. I feel like Brad wouldn’t - voiceofreason Yesterday, 15:55:44
- I don't think Brad has the stature to do that - jdl Yesterday, 15:15:39
- I despise the idea unless he takes a HC gig for a few years elsewhere - bjl63 Yesterday, 15:11:15
- Kinda seems that way, but I hate it a lot less than I did before... - uofi1998 Yesterday, 15:06:14
- Stephen Pearl should be cautionary tale enough* - Gene Parmesan Yesterday, 13:59:47
- If Josh is still here I can't see him just rolling with that plan.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 13:59:22
- It seems like there has been a concerted effort the last month to put Tyler out front and center - Blazer Yesterday, 13:58:11
- Oh, I don't want that* - gvibes Yesterday, 13:36:21
- We are Purdue - biclops Yesterday, 9:16:16
- LFG - TarheelIllini Yesterday, 8:25:40
- 10 minute Keaton interview on BTN - Blazer January 28, 2026, 17:31:02
- -12.5* - OB25 January 28, 2026, 17:15:12
- Tidbits from Brad's Wednesday press conference (longish, as usual). - JFG January 28, 2026, 15:36:00
- undy on the score this morning. i forgot tommy got his tonsils out. that's kind of a bigger deal - Ari Gold January 28, 2026, 13:01:05
- Halfway through Big Ten play...who do you think is going to take the regular season title? - JFG January 28, 2026, 9:20:10
- Nebraska has by far the easiest schedule* - assassin January 28, 2026, 13:05:31
- Michigan. They have physical talent above the rest of the league. - uofi1998 January 28, 2026, 10:53:11
- For as impressive as they have looked, their run through December was against the dregs - Blazer January 28, 2026, 15:28:06
- I think Lendeborg is overhyped. And their guards are trash. - Ron McDon January 28, 2026, 14:03:18
- I mean… they beat otherwise-undefeated Gonzaga by 40. They have wagon potential. - uofi1998 January 28, 2026, 14:50:33
- Gonzaga is an *actual* paper tiger this year - GMAW Yesterday, 8:32:24
- They are very good, one of the best teams in the land. But I don’t know what got into them… - OB25 January 28, 2026, 15:35:32
- It's obviously impressive - Blazer January 28, 2026, 15:30:18
- Ok, fine. We are all doomed! Better?* - Ron McDon January 28, 2026, 15:26:08
- Looks like #2 now… my bad* - uofi1998 January 28, 2026, 14:51:04
- Meh - Nebraska was missing their most important player and were gassed - ATL January 28, 2026, 10:54:24
- I think Nebraska would have been in dominant position had they held on last night - RSMBob January 28, 2026, 10:51:13
- my guess is 17-3 gets you a tie for the title, 18-2 will win it outright* - bucktownillini January 28, 2026, 9:27:01
- Steinbach has been a beast on the boards in my limited viewing of them.* - voiceofreason January 28, 2026, 8:42:30
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