Illinois vs SIU Edwardsville, Friday, November 8th, 7:00pm CT, Peacock

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hoopsfan47
Se Il Illini said:
You are correct about the 1 game per year. Furthermore at this time the tournament had not expanded. As a matter of fact there was very little TV coverage of the tournament.
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National coverage was not available for many Illini games until....well I don't know when....could be 21st century and BTN. However, IIRC...which is unlikely....WCIA did show a handful or more of Illini games starting in the mid-50s. Those were all sponsored by Chesty Potato Chips....the food it's fun to eat!
 
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Govoner Vaugn Fan
hoopsfan47 said:
National coverage was not available for many Illini games until....well I don't know when....could be 21st century and BTN. However, IIRC...which is unlikely....WCIA did show a handful or more of Illini games starting in the mid-50s. Those were all sponsored by Chesty Potato Chips....the food it's fun to eat!
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I also remember WILL PBS TV carrying some games in the 50's and early 60s until WCIA started producing more. As for tourney games, up until around 1970 the NIT was the big draw. NCAA's were only 8 teams and many top teams turned down the invitation to the NCAAT in favor of playing in the NIT.
 
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mysterio2525
band camp said:
My guy, Peacock is cheaper than a round of cocktails.
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Also there is a black Friday deal to get out for the year for $20. At least there was. You can free trail for this game (if that's available) until then.

I personally will cancel my peacock after this game and look for the black Friday deal to get me until next year.

There are only 2 more games I believe in peacock after this. Wisconsin in December and Indiana in January so keep that in mind
 
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Fuze
AirNeazy said:
Has the B1G clarified yet who the actual conference champion is for each year? Is it the reg season or tourney champ?
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I doubt the league really cares much about this, and I'm sure teams are happy to claim both. Purdue probably doesn't go out of their way to differentiate the 2022 championship as Tournament Champs either. Knowing their fans, they're probably happy to say they've won a B1G championship in 3 consecutive seasons just as we're happy to say we've won one in 3 of the last 4 years. If anyone wants to complain about this practice, the easiest solution is to just win both so there's no question.
 
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RichardKeenesCousin
Fuze said:
I doubt the league really cares much about this, and I'm sure teams are happy to claim both. Purdue probably doesn't go out of their way to differentiate the 2022 championship as Tournament Champs either. Knowing their fans, they're probably happy to say they've won a B1G championship in 3 consecutive seasons just as we're happy to say we've won one in 3 of the last 4 years. If anyone wants to complain about this practice, the easiest solution is to just win both so there's no question.
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jamie13197
I like this, Tomi and Morezt on court together. Tomi can't shoot nor play worse defense than Humcherous. It's a win, not sold on hummer.
 
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Guest
Govoner Vaugn Fan said:
I also remember WILL PBS TV carrying some games in the 50's and early 60s until WCIA started producing more. As for tourney games, up until around 1970 the NIT was the big draw. NCAA's were only 8 teams and many top teams turned down the invitation to the NCAAT in favor of playing in the NIT.
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And up in the Chicago area in the 80s and possibly the 90s, many of the games were broadcast by Raycom, or maybe I should say, produced by Raycom and broadcast on WGN mostly, I think. Been awhile. I always wondered what happened to Raycom. I think I looked it up a few years ago, and they were still in business but not producing games but some kind of sports-related stuff.

Well, once again, I decided to look it up and am totally wrong on the years. They were founded in 1996 so I guess it was the '90s and ‘00s.
 
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Dan
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cuillini
hoopsfan47 said:
National coverage was not available for many Illini games until....well I don't know when....could be 21st century and BTN. However, IIRC...which is unlikely....WCIA did show a handful or more of Illini games starting in the mid-50s. Those were all sponsored by Chesty Potato Chips....the food it's fun to eat!
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I grew up watching the Illini on WCIA and hearing Tom Schendist (sp) say "Here come the Illini"!
 
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RabidDawgClassic
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And up in the Chicago area in the 80s and possibly the 90s, many of the games were broadcast by Raycom, or maybe I should say, produced by Raycom and broadcast on WGN mostly, I think. Been awhile. I always wondered what happened to Raycom. I think I looked it up a few years ago, and they were still in business but not producing games but some kind of sports-related stuff.

Well, once again, I decided to look it up and am totally wrong on the years. They were founded in 1996 so I guess it was the '90s and ‘00s.
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Lorimar was in there at some point. Can’t recall if it was before or after Raycom.
 
#74      
InDaAZ
cuillini said:
I grew up watching the Illini on WCIA and hearing Tom Schendist (sp) say "Here come the Illini"!
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University of Illinois Men's Basketball Coach Harry Combes and Sports Director Tom Schoendienst talk basketball.
 
#75      
JSpence
sacraig said:
You could probably put ONLY those two on the court against SIUE and still be at least competitive. They can't hit every three, even against us1
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Well, that's a stretch. Even in the half court. But it's fun to think about!
 
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