Introducing your next athletic director: Kevin McCarthy
By Kevin McCarthy
November 10, 2015
Despite being cleared of wrongdoing, former Athletic Director Mike Thomas had about a snowball’s chance in hell at surviving the report about the allegations surrounding Illini athletics.Whoever follows Thomas as AD will certainly start with their back against the wall. Except the wall will be on fire, ...
Brown named special assistant to the athletic director
By The Daily Illini Staff Report
September 9, 2015
Dee Brown was back in Champaign for the summer, and per the request of Mike Thomas, isn't leaving any time soon.The former Illini men's basketball guard has been permanently named special assistant to the athletic directory — he filled the role in a temporary basis this summer — Thomas anno...
Dee Brown to return to Illinois
By Daily Illini Staff Report
June 24, 2015
Dee Brown is returning to Illinois.The University announced Wednesday that Brown would be named Special Assistant to the Director of Athletics."Dee will make our student-athletes and all of our teams and programs better on many fronts," Mike Thomas said in a press release. "It's a great day for ...
Illinois basketball has come a long way since 2005
March 16, 2015
When you’re young, you rarely think long-term. I grew up in a golden era of Illinois basketball in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when Big Ten titles and NCAA tournament appearances were the norm. I didn’t associate Illinois basketball with anything other than success, since it had been good for...
Illinois vs. Arizona: 10 years later
March 16, 2015
It was truly a magical season: a 29-0 start, a No. 1 ranking for 15 straight weeks, a Big Ten championship and a Final Four appearance. Illinois fans still want to talk about the 2004-05 Illini. Luther Head, Dee Brown, Deron Williams. 37-2, NCAA runner-up. Until the Illini win a national title — i...
Where are they now: 2004-05 Illini basketball players and coaches
March 16, 2015
It has been an eventful 10 years since the 2004-05 Illinois men’s basketball team made it to the NCAA championship game. Much has changed at Illinois in those 10 years. But what have the players and coaches from that year’s team been up to since then? Dee Brown No. 11 guard Brown was drafte...
Five-star shooting guard Charles Matthews to make decision Wednesday
By Johnathan Hettinger
February 25, 2014
Five-star shooting guard Charles Matthews will make his college decision on Wednesday morning at 8:30 a.m., according to his Twitter account. He will choose between Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Marquette and Michigan State. Matthews, of Chicago St. Rita, is the top recruit in the state of Illinois in the...
