#Illini Matthew Mayer said he’s been sick the past few days with “caffeine poisoning”. Said he drank five Monster energy drinks while playing video games on Sunday (after OSU) and this is his first day back at practice.
Derek Piper
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Derek Piper
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Champaign, IL
Joined October 2009
- Ayo Dosunmu kisses the ‘I’ on his last night in State Farm Center as a player
- #Illini Underwood: "If anyone in here expected anything different... The best player in the game played 8 minutes. You saw a little bit of what he could do when he was in the game. Controlling the game with pick n rolls & passes. But today, he didn't get to play."
- This level of competence & swagger in Illinois football.. Pretty rare in my lifetime. Huge credit to Bret Bielema.
- Jim Boeheim last month on B1G's lack of tourney success: "All of their wins were in their league. If you can’t play in the [NCAA] tournament, then you’re not good.” Jim Boeheim in November: Loses to Colgate, St. John's, Bryant & then Illinois by 29.
- Not every day you see a triple-double in the NCAA Tournament. Marcus Domask: 12 pts, 11 rebs, 10 asts Transfer portal grand slam
- Coleman Hawkins after Arkansas: “When there’s promises for guys, when there’s little things like a freshman point guard coming in & bailing on you when times get tough…”Skyy Clark committing to Louisville five minutes after Illinois lost is nasty business.. that’s not a coincidence
- UCONN fan behind me: "Dude, we don't want Illinois. We don't want Illinois at all."
- Oregon joins Penn State (circa 2020) as the two places I’ve been to with a top-10 team in the country & curtains in the upper deck. Rather sparse crowd in Eugene. Rose Bowl being yesterday doesn’t help.
00:00 - Update the stat... Brad Underwood is now 12-5 in his last 17 games against top-10 teams
- #Illini Underwood on having high-profile recruits watch that scene & B1G championship: "If they didn't enjoy that, then they can go somewhere else & we can kick their ass"
