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Illinois Fighting Illini
Location: Urbana-Champaign, Ill. | Founded: 1867 | Enrollment: 41,398 | Colors: Orange and Blue
Coach: Bruce Weber | Home Court: Assembly Hall | Capacity: 16,618

Record: (24-10, 11-7 Big Ten)
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FINAL RECORD
16-19, 5-13, 10th in the Big Ten.

WHAT WENT RIGHT
Illinois discovered its point guard of the future in freshman Demetri McCamey (8.2 ppg, 3.2 apg), who made the all-Big Ten tournament team. He has everything Illinois needs to make the motion offense purr, but he needs to become more interested in defense in order to please Bruce Weber. Fellow freshmen Mike Tisdale and Mike Davis showed signs that their skills might translate into Big Ten excellence, but they're not nearly strong enough to handle huge minutes. The Illini also finished strong with five wins in their last seven games. That will make the younger guys think they're on the right track, which might lead to better offseason workouts.

WHAT WENT WRONG
It's hard to believe Illinois was in the NCAA championship game just three Aprils ago. The Illini have now gone two complete seasons without a single week in the Associated Press' Top 25 -- and they've only beaten two ranked opponents over the last two years as well.

Injuries were part of the issue. Senior Brian Randle missed just two games, but multiple injuries kept him from being 100 percent in so many others. That was tough for the Illini because he got off to a sparkling start in Hawaii in November. Then, too, fellow senior Shaun Pruitt didn't take the next step and put the team on his back. At least, not until the Big Ten tournament when he deserved his all-tourney honors.

Head coach Bruce Weber also declared that he didn't think he got his team to "buy in" until it was too late. When you don't have enough skilled players to compete -- and Illinois didn't in 2007-08 -- then it needed a cohesiveness that didn't happen until March.

QUOTE TO NOTE
"I've got lots of calls from former players and coaching friends. They've told me it will make you a better coach, a better person. You've got to learn from it." -- Illinois coach Bruce Weber in the Daily Herald, summing up the positives from the school's 19-loss season -- the most in Illini annals.

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July 10, 2009 3:11 pm
I have read that Peter Jok maybe the overall #1 player in the country. I also read that Peter Jok was offered a scholarship to U of I.  
http://blogs.suntimes.com/hoopsrepo
rt/2009/07/changing_culture_targets
_2013.html


Illinois assistant Jerrance H
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July 3, 2009 11:27 pm

With the departure of Jeff Jordan, Trent Meacham, Chester Frazier. I can see them using this lineup.

C- Mike Tisdale
F- Mike Davis
G-Alex Legion
G-Richardson/ Paul
G- DeMetrius McCamey

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July 1, 2009 9:44 am
http://basketballrecruiting.rivals.
com/viewrank.asp?SID=910&Year=2011&ra_key=2288


Pretty interesting, tons of Illinois targets on the list, we can't go wrong with any of them. Tracy Abrams checked in at #70. Nnana Egwu at 39, that  is pretty surpris
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June 24, 2009 2:22 pm
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Michael Jordan's son, Jeff, will not be playing basketball at Illinois next year.

The second-year player who walked on with the Illini said Wednesday he plans to focus on his studies. He says he's ready for "life after basketball."

Jordan got a scholar
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June 24, 2009 9:03 am
Illinois Prepbullseye has reported that the Illini have offered 2013 guard Jabari Parker a scholarship. 

http://www.ilprepbullseye.com/page4
9.html

Looks like the Illini are going to continue to be aggressive and try to lock up the elite in-state prospects early.   
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June 9, 2009 10:12 pm
Mike Davis has sustained a broken ankle while doing a voluntary workout at Ubben Basketball Complex. He is expected to be out for 6-8 weeks. Luckily there is no need for surgery. Although this could affect his game there is one positive...this could give Davis a chance to gain weight and workout more.


Any thoughts?
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June 17, 2009 1:51 am
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May 22, 2009 7:29 pm
Bruce Weber, and all the assistants, most importantly right now Jerrance Howard, got raises. Weber got a 3 year extension. Howard is now the highest paid assistant on the staff. Reportedly Price, McClain and the rest were cool with that.

In a side note Rivals ranked the incoming 2010 classes in an update the other day. Illinois is #3 in the country with 3 top 50 players (2 - 5 stars [
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June 11, 2009 8:40 am
Link to the thread.   This guy is a jackass.

http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/messag
es/chrono/15506588

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June 18, 2009 10:31 am
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebas
ketball/story/11864114


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June 8, 2009 11:06 pm
I have found a thread in which Duke fans are talking about OrkeelsBack. For more information go to:
http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/messag
es/chrono/15117799
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June 9, 2009 11:03 pm
Sorry JLowe55 but your subject line needed some help to get people to actually see it and realize it's pretty important!

Here's the link to JLowe's post:

http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/messag
es/chrono/15483687


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March 29, 2009 2:32 pm

It seems to be a lot tougher than last year's. We have Vanderbilt at home, Gonzaga against Illinois in Chicago, the annual ACC/Big Ten challange said to be played at Clemson from Illinihq.com, The Bragging rights game, and the Las Vegas invitational including Oklahoma State, Utah, and Bradley. This is the same tourney from the 2004-2005 season against cincy. I saw Okla St in Dayton this year an ...(more)

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May 12, 2009 3:24 pm
All of you guys are right. (with the exception of you, UofIgrad, you who wants to challenge quality programs all year long - such insane thoughts)  I have seen the light.  What was I thinking?
We should be content, nay excited, to beat Missouri and Vanderbilt and Kent St. and Georgia and Hawaii and Tulsa!!!
Those signature wins put us in the national spotlight.  I remember
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May 19, 2009 3:40 am
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/
2009/05/19/usports/doc4a11e34916cc2
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