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No Illinois game, so I guess I'll check out some high school hoops.

Which game most interests you?

Bloomington Central Catholic @ Prairie Central (Cole Certa)

Whitney Young @ Curie (Carlos Harris, Aleks Alston, Antonio Munoz)

St Rita @ Marmion (Morez Johnson, Melvin Bell)

Do we have any clues on who we’re pursuing?

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The Illinois football team will host the annual Orange and Blue Spring Game on Thursday, April 20 under the lights at Memorial Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. CT live on Big Ten Network.

The 2023 Orange and Blue Spring Game will be free to the public. More information will be available at a later date.

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Invites for Chase Brown, Sydney Brown, Quan Martin, and Devon Witherspoon.

Walking on at Illinois.



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Top Illinois recruiting targets + 2024/25 watch list.

Wrigley Field for Northwestern.

This time vs. Iowa on November 4, 2023.

Hey guys I was wanting to go to the Rutgers game with my son. Vivid and Ticketmasters prices are crazy high for this game. If anyone is a season ticket holder that can’t go I would love to take my son and pay whatever price you guys pay. Sorry Doug if this is not allowed on the site. I just figured I would ask. Just PM me if anyone has two extra tickets.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill.– The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced Tuesday the top 10 candidates for the 2023 Jerry West Award, featuring Fighting Illini senior Terrence Shannon Jr.

Named after Class of 1980 Hall of Famer and 1959 NCAA Final Four Most Valuable Player Jerry West, the annual honor in its ninth year recognizes the top shooting guards in Division I men's college basketball.

2023 Jerry West Award Candidates*
Gradey Dick, Kansas
Adam Flagler, Baylor
Keyone George, Baylor
Jordan Hawkins, Connecticut
Taevion Kinsey, Marshall
Marcus Sasser, Houston
Terrence Shannon Jr., Illinois
Terquavion Smith, N.C. State
Santiago Vescovi, Tennessee
Isaiah Wong, Miami
*Players can play their way onto and off the list at any point in the 2022-23 season.

Terrence Shannon Jr. 2022-23 Highlights
• One of only two power conference players – and one of just 14 players nationally – averaging at least 17 points, five rebounds, three assists, and one steal on the season
• Has started all 23 games, ranking seventh in Big Ten in scoring at 17.0 ppg
• Scored in double figures 19 times has seven 20+ point games
• Leads B1G in free throws made (113) and is second in attempts (144)
• Third on team in rebounding (5.1 rpg) and second in assists (3.0 apg)
• USBWA Oscar Robertson Trophy Midseason Watch List
• The Athletic Midseason All-Transfer Team

Fans can support their favorite players in the remaining rounds by participating in Fan Voting, presented by Dell Technologies, starting Friday, Feb. 10, on hoophallawards.com. The Fan Vote will count as one committee vote during the finalist selection process.

In March, five finalists will be presented to West and the Hall of Fame's selection committee. The Selection Committee for the Jerry West Award is composed of top men's college basketball personnel including media members, head coaches, sports information directors and Hall of Famers.

The winner of the 2023 Jerry West Award will be presented on a to be determined date, along with the other four members of the Men's Starting Five. Additional awards being presented include the Bob Cousy Award (Point Guard), Julius Erving Award (Small Forward), Karl Malone Award (Power Forward) and the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award (Center), in addition to the Women's Starting Five.

Previous winners of the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award are Johnny Davis, Wisconsin (2022), Chris Duarte, Oregon (2021), Myles Powell, Seton Hall (2020), RJ Barrett, Duke (2019), Carsen Edwards, Purdue (2018), Malik Monk, Kentucky (2017), Buddy Hield, Oklahoma (2016) and D'Angelo Russell, Ohio State (2015).

For more information on the 2023 Jerry West Award and the latest updates, visit hoophallawards.com and follow @hoophall and #WestAward on Twitter and Instagram.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill.– The Illinois men’s basketball home game against Minnesota, scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 7 at State Farm Center, will not be played due to COVID-19 health and safety protocols within the Minnesota program.

The two schools will work with the Big Ten on possible rescheduling options.

All distributed tickets for the Illinois-Minnesota game will be valid for the new date and time, if the game is able to be rescheduled.

Next up for the Fighting Illini (16-7, 7-5) is a home game on Saturday, Feb. 11 against No. 24 Rutgers (16-7, 8-4). Tipoff is slated for 1 p.m. CT at State Farm Center.

If Illinois doesn't start shooting the ball better from deep, it will be another early exit from the NCAA Tournament. They hang their hat on defense, but everyone defends in the tournament. Illinois is No. 304 in the nation in 3 point %. It's pretty amazing that they've been winning in spite of that, especially considering the high volume of 3's that they take.

RJ Melendez has shot just 29% over the last 10 games, including 3-18 field goals and 0-11 3-point field goals over the last three games. 30 of his 51 field goal attempts in the last 10 games have been threes. He's a slasher who rarely slashes. I don't get it.

The book on Illinois is to deny the wing entry pass. It's the reason things bog down, and why they turn it over. They're making Illinois feed the post from the top rather than the wing, and its frustrating Dainja. The way to combat that is to dribble to the wing, obviously. But how often (if ever) do we see Shannon or any other wing run the baseline and get a down screen?

One major improvement? This team has flipped the script on back side help since the early part of the season and the December slump when they were terrible at it. They are great at it now, and are 12th in the nation in block % as a result. 6th in the nation and 1st in the Big Ten in total blocks.

Luke Goode has to play if they can get him ready. This team isn't going anywhere without more shooting and more production from the bench.

I bet we see a few minutes from Brandon Lieb against Minnesota. The Gopher are terrible in the paint.