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After Some Delay, Illinois Tabs John Groce as its New Head Basketball Coach

Friday, March 30th, 2012

Shaka Smart decided not to take the job at Illinois and Brad Stevens wasn't even ready to say that he was contacted by the folks with the Fighting Illini. After a bit of a process and much public debate about whether or not the job was still considered an elite-level ...

Tom Izzo Talks Prepping for Louisville and Dogs the Refs for Screwing Illinois in 2005

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Tom Izzo popped into the Waddle and Silvy show on Monday, presumably to chat about Michigan State and their chances of winning the title in Detroit this year (I mean ... duh, right? Yeah, duh.) Instead, Waddle and Silvy decided to ask him about prepping for Louisville and "home court ...

NCAA Tournament South Region Interviews

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

At the start of the year, most pundits thought that the North Carolina Tar Heels, led by senior All-American Tyler Hansbrough, would be cutting down the nets come April. At one point, there was even talk of the 'Heels navigating a tough non-conference and competitive ACC schedule undefeated. That of ...