Coach Ford

@rforan23 Can we win it all next year

5/6🔮 Another fun season incoming #theretention

@otokyo__ 20

6 for me!! I feel confident nobody Has all 20 How many for you?

@rforan23 @LeagueRDY @BradyPettigreww @RaphealDavis3 @BradBealElite @Recruit2Illini @Sturdy32 @IllinoisLoyalty What u know?

@LeagueRDY @BradyPettigreww @RaphealDavis3 @BradBealElite @Recruit2Illini @Sturdy32 @IllinoisLoyalty

Very Tufffff @BradyPettigreww 😭🔥

@Hania16836 Life

@TweetsbyCoachP Yes

HEAD COACHES only…..have you ever missed a game due to being sick? Not a scrimmage and but an actual game. Not your kid or wife or husband. You being sick. I’m trying to see something.

@Rynebair88 Preciate it!! Now I need FSU football to get back on track. Go Gamecocks!!! I'm a South Carolina WBB fan.

Great season @Coachford33

@rforan23 Agreed. As much as I loved Wagler, he held on to the ball a little too much at times.

@Coachford33 We stopped moving the ball and it got sticky

He’s not wrong

@KShermanSports Malcolm Hill

NO CHEATING! Can you name the former #Illini player based on these four facts? #MarchMadness -6’6,” 225 lb guard -Hometown: Fairview Heights, IL -Finished 3rd in voting for IL Mr. Basketball in high school -Second-team All-Big Ten his senior season (2016-17)

@BQuillmanQcast @IWUBasketball Loved playing at the Shirk!

In 2025-26, @IWUBasketball had higher attendance per game than 4 Illinois NCAA D1s and every NCAA D2 and NAIA in the state. -Illinois Wesleyan (D3) = 1,336 -Northern Illinois (D1) = 1,129 -Eastern Illinois (D1) = 1,127 -Western Illinois (D1) = 681 -Quincy (D2) = 407 -Lewis (D2) = 388 -Illinois-Springfield (D2) = 325 -McKendree (D2) = 275 -Roosevelt (D2) = 244 -Chicago State (D1) = 215 -Judson (NAIA) = 165 -Olivet Nazarene (NAIA) = 159 -St. Francis (NAIA) = 131 -Governors State (NAIA) = 93 -Trinity Christian (NAIA) = 20 -St. Xavier (NAIA) = (attendance not reported) #d3hoops #whyd3

@FanDuel 2005

No cheating, comment the year 🗣️

@Matt_Pinner 12

I've been to 2, you ?

@saniyafatma1278 $25 would have been 20% which is sufficient.

My husband and I went out for dinner last night. We left a $20 bill on the table as a tip for our $125 bill. The waiter refused to take it and said we shouldn’t go out to eat if we’re not willing to tip at least $50, and now I’m wondering if $20 is enough?

@Hogsfan445 @MikeJonesScout @TheFieldOf68 Kansas blew that one. Glad he is an Illini!

@MikeJonesScout @Coachford33 @TheFieldOf68 It was not like a kid who came out of nowhere, he was known and KU ignored him.

Brad Underwood on Keaton Wagler: "The first time I saw him live, we'd already signed him. And it was a game where he had 2 points. I walked out, and I couldn't wait to get my son on the phone, and said, 'We just got an incredible talent.' He wasn't selfish, he didn't force things, he made every right play... He's just very, very mature... I'm proud as heck of him."

What name would You give him? 🤔

@IlliniRant We will consistently get high level guards too.

Getting the monkey off their back & making this Final Four could set off a huge run of March success in the years to come… - Pressure’s off Brad (who isn’t going anywhere) - Retainable roster - Investment from donors probably increases - European pipeline strengthens & will continue - Consistently fun, explosive offense that is putting guys in the NBA Wouldn’t surprise me at all if Illinois is back in the F4 MULTIPLE times before Brad hangs em’ up

@MikeJonesScout @TheFieldOf68 Because Kansas was deep in it with Acuff.

@TheFieldOf68 Can you imagine Wagler and Darryn Peterson in the same backcourt, how do you forget to recruit the best player in your state?

@Matt_Pinner 8

Iv done 3 and you ?

Simple poll. Please be honest! As of today, how much do you still trust this team? A. 100% B. 75% C. 50% D. 25% E. 0%

@Coachford33 congrats on Elite 8 , probably final 4!