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Where Troubles Melt Like Lemon Drops

Where Troubles Melt Like Lemon Drops

Illinois can't beat a higher seed. Brad Underwood can't win in the NCAA Tournament. In close games, especially in March, something always goes wrong. Of course Courtney Green is one of the refs. This is the game where not having a true point guard will come

Sixteen Teams

Sixteen Teams

Seven More Things

Seven More Things

Let's just get to the first subhead here. I don't think I really need a long intro. Like last Monday, this will be a "seven articles in one" kind of thing (because there's so much to talk about). And I don'

The BoardRoom 4.21 - Illini To The Sweet 16

There is a very select number of people who know what this means: "CHATTANOOGA... Kelvin Sampson... Arizona... Michigan... Bill Self... North Carolina." It was night in Pittsburgh in 2022 (the night where I drank too many Fireball shots) where an eclectic group of IlliniBoard people - Jim and

Where The Clouds Are Far Behind Me

Where The Clouds Are Far Behind Me

It has been there for so long. "Can you believe we haven't been to the Sweet 16 since Dee/Deron/Luther?" I got married in May of 2005, and we hadn't been to the Sweet 16 since. I was just going through all of

Wake Up

Wake Up

Ever had one of those days where you felt like you didn't wake up? Like, you descended deep into REM sleep but only got 70% of the way back when the alarm went off? So you're sipping your coffee and rubbing your eyes and thinking "

Seven Things

Seven Things

I've had no time to write since Sunday. Everything on the site since I published that Back & Forth immediately following the Wisconsin win has been a link to a podcast. So I've talked for a long time about a lot of things, but I haven&