Mike Tisdale

INDIANAPOLIS -- For a while there, it seemed Illinois was the kid standing against the loser wall at the high school prom, dreading each oncoming girl. Maybe Illinois didn’t know how, maybe it was self-conscious, maybe it would crumble under the pressure.

3/12/2010 - 9:00 PM    Post your comment

Every entity, at one time or another, deals with adversity. Dinosaurs buckled to extinction. Polar ice caps melted. People get stabbed in the back by ones they love. The Na’vi watched The Hometree get blown to bits.

1/14/2010 - 10:50 PM    Post your comment

When you think of Bruce Weber's teams, what common trait do they all possess? What common trait has always been there, a staple of his coaching and, in turn, Illinois basketball?

12/7/2009 - 11:54 PM    Post your comment

Against Quincy on Sunday, in Illinois’ second exhibition game, freshman D.J. Richardson scored 23 points and pushed the Illini out of a funk they’d been in all game. Not since Demetri McCamey against Indiana in the “Eric Gordon Game” have I seen a freshman put the team on his back and separate them from the opposition.

11/10/2009 - 1:18 AM    Post your comment
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