Illinois gives another game away in loss to Michigan
December 31, 2014
By now, Illinois fans should be conditioned to expect the worst. Why would any Illini basketball fan feel comfortable up 13 in the second half against Michigan? Why should they? For the fourth time this season, this Illinois team has folded like a lawn chair down the stretch, losing 73-65 in overtim...
Illinois must kick Michigan while it’s down
December 30, 2014
Michigan basketball is an afterthought for Wolverine fans right now, and it should be. Michigan is currently struggling mightily, having lost four of its last five games as it enters Big Ten play with a 7-5 record. Two of those losses were highly publicized, highly embarrassing home defeats to NJIT...
Illini recruiting watch: Marcus LoVett
October 7, 2014
Who is Marcus LoVett? In a recruiting class where the names Jalen Brunson, Jawun Evans, Elijah Thomas, Jalen Coleman-Lands and Carlton Bragg have been etched into Illini fans’ collective wish lists, the name LoVett carries less recognition. But now LoVett, a 5-foot-11 senior point guard out of Morgan Pa...
