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LIVE from the spring game
Staff writer Matt Daniels will be in the (warm) Memorial Stadium pressbox for Friday's chilly Spring Game, providing frequent updates via twitter. Follow along here
Daniels: Spring game a bowlful of chilly
Bring a blanket. And a heavy coat.
Temperatures will most likely be in the mid-30s Friday night when the Illinois football spring game kicks off at 8 (thanks BTN) in what is believed to be the first night spring game in Illinois history — and also the first one on a Friday.
Huth: UI-Purdue baseball preview
College baseball preview: Purdue (11-19, 4-5 Big Ten) at Illinois (19-10, 2-4 Big Ten)
SCHEDULE: 6:05 p.m. Friday; 3:05 p.m. Saturday; 2:05 p.m. Sunday.
WHERE: Illinois Field.
TV: Sunday’s game is on the BTN, with Eric Collins (play-by-play) and John Cangelosi (analyst).
Tate: It's anyone's guess who's best
With Rutgers the latest black eye, we are reminded that college basketball is imperfect. Not exactly a revelation, huh?
Cosby: 'I have that with Illinois'
CHAMPAIGN — When Aaron Cosby decided he’d be best suited to finish his college career somewhere other than Seton Hall, the 6-foot-3 guard said he heard from “anywhere from 13 to 20 schools.”
Cosby quickly narrowed his choices to two schools — Illinois and Missouri — and is making the first of his two official visits this weekend with John Groce’s program.
Follow 'em at the Masters
Former Illini Steve Stricker and D.A. Points have work to do after so-so first rounds at the Masters:.
Tate: Time for baseball team to take action
We should all be as optimistic as UI golf coach Mike Small. Every wayward shot is forgotten. Immediately!
And Terri Sullivan. The Illini softballers have been outscored 35-2 in their last four games, and she’s forever positive. For coaches, it’s in the DNA. You saw it this winter. For John Groce, it was always, “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.”
It's official: Butler introduces Miller
INDIANAPOLIS — Butler has hired Brandon Miller as an assistant coach.
He replaces Matthew Graves, who has taken the head coaching job at South Alabama.
Tate: A big question mark
Running backs are born. Watch a speedster juke a defender, break a tackle and you know. They have it or they don’t.
Linemen can be constructed. If the bulk is there, they can be developed if they’re willing.
K-State rewards Weber
Kansas State has rewarded basketball coach Bruce Weber for winning a share of the school’s first conference championship in 36 years with a raise and a one-year contract extension.
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