Poetry in the Motion

Just as quickly as Illini were off the Bubble, they are right back on with a big home loss to Purdue. That report, recruiting news, and video of Deon Thomas, and what Brian Randle likes to eat, inside.

With the help of a traveling band of the Orange Krush, this tenuous Illini basketball team placed themselves on the right side of the Bubble after Thursday’s victory at The Barn in Minneapolis.

With the men’s basketball team now sitting firmly atop the NCAA Bubble, questions are starting to swirl inside of Illini Nation.

Under 4000 folks braved the elements to see the Illini seek a measure of revenge against the Nittany Lions of Pennsylvania State University. From A and B section alone, they weren’t disappointed.

There is little be said right now about the Illini’s road loss to Indiana, but Rob provides one particular nugget to rub a little salt in the wound.

For most of the game on Saturday, Illinois defeated the best team in the nation. Of course, there was that 14–0 run that turned the W to an L.

Illini deployed one of its finest performances in the first half last night, and held on to take down Big Ten foes Michigan State.

Riding a two-game away losing streak into a showdown with MSU on Tuesday, Rob is forced to wonder: is Bruce Weber’s micro-management coaching style working? Or, rather, will it ever?

In a well-coached game of Big Ten stalwarts, Illinois came away the victor at the Hall on Sunday, and McColley got more than a mouthful from more than a few talking heads.