Inside Carolina says UCLA is a "must win" to make NCAA Tournament
North Carolina dropped another ranked loss on Tuesday against undefeated and No. 7-ranked Florida in a game many thought they should have won. The Tar Heels have now fallen to 6-5 on the season and 0-4 against teams ranked inside the current AP Top 10. Their only q
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Tom Izzo, Greg Kampe wear matching 'Grinch' sweaters in Michigan State-Oakland game
The daily pitch from Sports Editor Matt Daniels: Dec. 18, 2024
Dec. 18—➜ . Still to come: volleyball this Saturday and football on Dec. 28. ➜ for our latest high school Athletes of the Week. ➜ (Schlarman basketball), (Mahomet-Seymour swimming), (Tuscola basketball) and (Rantoul wrestling). (Hoopeston Area basketball), (Georgetown-Ridge Farm basketball), (Tuscola basketball) and (Champaign Central basketball). wins is what the Illinois women's basketball ...
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Hubert Davis on "little details" contributing more to the Florida loss than "three-point shooting"
Dec. 18—'s progression at Illinois has been an interesting case. In year one, the 6-foot-3 forward, who followed coach from Dayton to C-U ahead of the 2022-23 season, was known more as a scorer with the then-sophomore one of the best three-point shooters on the Illini at 40 percent. Year two at Illinois for the Goshen, Ind., native was largely robbed by a wrist injury that Shoup-Hill played ...
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Good Morning, Illini Nation: A fun lineup creation exercise
Dec. 18—Hoops HQ, a new college basketball venture from Seth Davis, posted a thought-provoking graphic on Tuesday. One of those, "Here's $15 to build your perfect lineup" thought exercises. Did I spend a good chunk of the day obsessing about how I would build the best lineup? You bet. I had to work within the budget, of course, but also took into account, well, some of the same things Brad ...
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