Ethan Simmons

NEW TOM THE FINDER POST: Which team dominated vs. non-tankers? I ran the numbers. One team stands above the rest.

@jkylemann He was so awesome this tournament. His scoring punch off the bench got Illinois going in every win

it’s belabored at this point but it’s cosmically funny that the son of peja is a knock around middle game guy

#Illini freshman David Mirkovic when asked if he could be the leader of this team if he comes back: “Yeah.” “I would say a dangerous summer is in front of me and a dangerous season, I know I have so, so, so much room for improvement”

me trying to find the HDMI port on my TV

I'll fondly remember this Illini team as the one that finally captured the interest of the basketball nerd world.

🌞🌚 NEW @YahooSports: A new phenomenon has taken over the NBA: the league has split off into two leagues like never before — one trying to win and one trying to lose. On NBA Stratification, tanking and whether the A-League/B-League is here to stay: sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/th…

Does that say (negative) $5 million?

Call him whatever, but make sure to call him the record holder. David passes All-American Kofi Cockburn, with 273, to own the Illinois freshman rebounding record.

@217Showers He is The One

still thinking about how lucky we are to live in the time of David Mirkovic.

Nothing quite like Kams on #Illini game day. Here’s the crowd with about 15 seconds left on the clock in tonight’s game as they realized the team is headed on to the Elite Eight. @news_gazette

Illinois two Elite Eight trips in the last three years. Wild stuff. They went seven years without making the tournament not that long ago. Illini are clearly one of the big winners of the NIL era.

Man, Keaton Wagler was so outstanding tonight. Didn't finish it great early, sure. But man, this was the best defensive game he's played all season, his quick decision-making and passing killed Houston's ball-screen blitzes, his rebounding was huge. What an awesome game.

University of Houston coach Kelvin Sampson on Illinois and its No. 1 rated (in the nation) offense: "The (Keaton) Wagler kid, I'm sure he's going to be a lottery pick. I was watching tape yesterday of his 46 point game at Purdue. He's awesome. He's 6-7 point. He's just a guard, but he can play the point. And everybody around him. Brad (Underwood)'s done a really job with his roster of putting the right guys in the right spots. They're all difficult to guard. . . "There's certain teams that you scout them for the first time, I haven't seen Illinois play much this year at all, but scouting 'em and just watching 'em for the first time I found myself being a fan. Just enjoyed watching them. "Then I go, 'Whoa, how do you guard it?' It's an unbelievable challenge to try to get ready for them. But they're really fun to watch. They've got super smart players. . . "I think the most important thing that they do, that separates them, is the offensive rebounding. We're a good offensive rebounding team. But Illinois is a better offensive rebounding team than we are. . . That's one of the reasons their efficiency is so high. They have the ability to beat you with the first shot and they can beat you with their second and third. And that's why they're the ultimate challenge."

Mirkovic! Go win this ref show! #Illini

The way he says “where’s the alien I want alien” like a giant toddler is so hilariously wholesome

#23 for Illinois is a bucket getter

Double Ghost - Spain Action @IlliniMBB

@TheKingfisher18 excellent way to put it

Jake Davis always got that “chill out fellas” corner 3 in him when you really need it and I love him for that

@lexaprotools @tbpn Travel or nah?

many have been asking for my version of the @tbpn media map but for basketball

New contender @lexaprotools