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The Fight is Back in the Illini

By Sahadev Sharma

Friday, December 26, 2008

Illini basketball is back! Okay, maybe not quite yet, but at least they're finally on the right track, on and off the court. Since their amazing run in the 2005 tournament the team has been on a downward slope and eventually hit rock bottom last year in a season that included losses to Miami (OH) and Tennessee State. What caused this precipitous decline? There were numerous factors, the obvious ones being departing stars that weren't replaced by recruits of equal talent and off-court inciden ...

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