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The basketball podcast from http://IlliniBoard.com. Josh, Matty, Sam, and Jonny discuss all things Illini basketball.
Less than 48 hours till tip and we get the IlliniBoard brain trust on to discuss our feelings as we come into Final Four weekend. Travel safely friends!
The Fighting Illini are back in the Final 4 for the first time in over 20 years! It's time for a once-in-a-generation episode.
Tyler and Robert once again join the show to break down a matchup against Houston and potential matchup against Nebraska or Iowa.
The Illini are back in the Sweet 16 for the second time in three years and there is so much to celebrate. Dive in!
The guys and Robert chat about Illinois' historic second half and preview our round of 32 game against the Rams.
The boys + Tyler preview the bracket and Illinois' path. As of the time of this release, we got duped by a fake Twitter account with the times. So if we don't end up playing at 11:40, just disregard. Whoops! Anyways, go Illini.
The Illini bow out in their first game of the BTT, but don't fret, because there are silver linings and we're still excited for the tournament! Are you?
Notes and analysis from a dominant win over the Ducks and the brutal losses to UCLA and Michigan
We said we wouldn't be recording an episode after the USC game...turns out we were wrong! A dominant performance by the Illini + a thank you to the last ten years of Josh Whitman at Illinois.
A valiant effort falls short in OT. A gut-wrenching loss means we do our one yearly post-loss regular-season episode.
Fun lil episode as Jonny and Matty go duos and talk back and forth about the absolute dismantling of Northwestern tonight.
The Illini go on the road and get their revenge against Nebraska for another top-10 road win!
The win streak is extended to nine games as Illinois finishes off a perfect month (the first of the Brad era).
On the road! Against a top 5 team! Keaton Wagler Hall of Fame performance! What more could you want. ILL.
Down goes mighty Maryland (At least it's felt that way for Illinois the last decade). The fellas discuss.
No better way to celebrate Josh's 30th than by chatting with the fellas about the Illini.
Illinois gets a sleepy 26 point win against the Scarlet Knights but the fellas are wide awake talking about it!
We are gathered here to celebrate the marriage of Ben Humrichous and Adalia McKenzie and also discuss the largest Illini blowout win in Braggin' Rights history.
The Illini are on the board in B1G play as they get the win in Columbus. Join us as Robert joins the show for One Question with Robert.
The Illini get the win in Nashville as the boys recap the game and look ahead to the mini start of the conference season.
The fellas get together to chat about the last four games and look ahead to the UConn-Tennessee gauntlet. Happy Thanksgiving!
Top 15 win! Robert joins the fellas to talk about one of the biggest non-conference home wins in more than a decade.
We are back! The BoardRoom boys return for season six of the show. We’re more excited than ever to talk Illinois hoops on air as we preview the season and draft our 3-man roster of guys we’re excited to see this year.
It’s been a fun ride as the season comes to an end in Milwaukee. Join us for one final episode this season.
It was a carpool karaoke party on the way back to Chicago as the boys + many of our friends join the show to talk about the first round tournament victory.
We bring on the IB Brain Trust to talk through our seeding, Illini Athletics, and things we are looking forward to in the tourney.
Illinois is ousted in the BTT. A rare post-loss episode, but unlike Purdue Basketball, here we are posting our final score and talking about it.
The Illini win their opening round game of the Big Ten tournament and there's a surprising amount to talk about! Tune in before this podcast becomes obsolete at 5:30 pm tomorrow.
The regular season and quartile of death come to an end in spectacular fashion with a win over Purdue. Special guest Jonny Vegas joins us at 8am from the Flamino Daquiri bar.
We welcome on Mike from the 200 Level podcast we discuss our twitter spat from the last two weeks. Fun episode that goes into nuance our tweets didn't show.
Brad Underwood’s reign against Michigan basketball remains supreme. The fellas (plus special guest Russell) always have lots to say about it.
The Illini win their must win game and end February on a positive note. Hewey, Dewey, Lewey and the fourth guy discuss the twitter exchange and what the real rock bottom was for the Illini.
A late run by the Bruins wasn’t enough as Illinois hangs on to win in Champaign tonight. We do what we do best: recap the third quartile and look ahead to the Quartile of Death (Idk that's just what people are calling it).
P.S HBD Dylan :)
The guys have some fun on a Saturday night talking about the Minnesota win, football recruiting, and future SB LIX MVP Sydney Brown
Robert joins the show for the first time all season so naturally, we talk mostly football. Stick around long enough and you just might hear some Illini basketball talk.
After a two week break, the Illini are back in the win column and we jump on to discuss defeating Northwestern and The BoardRoom Retreat in Mexico City.
The illini get back on track after running IU off their home court in Bloomington. Is IU a football school now? Probably not but it seems like they may also not be a basketball school at the moment either.
Got the whole squad on as the Illini keep the good times rolling with a 91-52 win over Penn State.
We're joined by Tyler C. as we talk through the Illini win over the Washington Huskies, leftovers from the Oregon game, and expectations for the next few games.
Illinois basketball with an all-time performance on the road against Eugene was the perfect Illini encore to the bowl game victory. What a week. So much to talk about. If you love Illinois you’re gonna love this episode <3
Braggin’ Rights have been secured for the Illini for a second consecutive year. A little feel-good for your Monday AM as the fellas talk about the W.
The Illini beat the Badgers (again) 86-80 and the guys jump on the mic to go through the game and look ahead to Saturday's game against #1 Tennessee.
It's the morning of the Northwestern-Illinois football game (and Sam's wedding) on our 100th episode of the Boardroom! Filmed in front of a live studio audience as we get ready to walk Sam down the aisle.
Tune in as the guys discuss the 100-87 loss to Alabama. It’s not long before the conversation quickly turns to the 16-leg parlay we need to hit in order for Illinois football to make the playoffs.
Illinois beats defending round of 32 champion Oakland on a Wednesday non-con game in November. Naturally, the boys spend five minutes talking about Drew Cayce. Tune in!
The Board Room is back for year 5! We finally have our first regular season game of the year and the guys are back together to chat it up.
What a ride, Illini nation. The guys do their best to sum up how they’re feeling after the Uconn game. Tune in for one final time this season.
Illini in the Elite 8! We may have been a bit delirious when recording this, but that was half the fun. Stick around long enough and maybe @ALionEye will join the show too.
Illinois' own Tom Fornelli joins the show to talk Sweet 16, 2024 Illinois football, and how the NCAA Tournament just doesn't seem to matter to him one bit!
Illinois in the Sweet 16!!! So much to discuss as the guys talk about what it means for Illinois to finally get back. You won’t want to miss this one.
The guys break down the dub after Illinois bounces Morehead State University from the Round of 64. Let's go win a quad 2 game.
The Illini won the Big 10 tourney and @TylerCott @ALionEye join us from the road to discuss how awesome this weekend was. That + we go over the bracket and more.
The boys hop on for a podcast that will be irrelavant in 24 hours. We are one game away from a trophy. Read that sentence again. Tell your friends and familly, the Illini are back up. ILL....
As another B1G regular season comes to an end, the guys discuss the implications of beating Iowa a second time and the start of postseason play.
State Farm Center North once again belongs to the Illini as Matty, Sam, and Jonny bask in all of the glory that goes along with a historic Saturday afternoon.
Sam, Matty, and Josh react to the ball going into hoop many of times. Luckily more times for the Illini than Minnesota.
A much-needed bounce-back game calls for much-needed analysis from Tyler as Illinois locks up their 5th straight 20-win season and another NCAA tournament bid (Oh, and another win against Iowa).
The guys exhale as we finally won in College Park. We talk through the stars of the game, pulling away late in the game, and look ahead.
We recap the game and look back at our favorite moments in the Juwan Howard versus Brad Underwood era (Spoiler alert, it's all of them).
The Illini eek out a win over the Cornhuskers. The guys talk about the many panic attacks throughout the game, the fortunate ref situation, and more.
Jonny and Josh go through the Illini controlled victory over OSU, takeaways from being on campus for a game over the weekend, and we finally discuss the composite four star that committed to us.
The Illini eek out a win versus the Hoosiers and stay in the B10 title race. Jonny,
Matty, and Sam break down what they saw in game 9 of the Big Ten Slate.
A clean sweep of Rutgers on the year got Jonny and Matty feeling gitty on a Sunday. Tune in!
Brad Underwood has still yet to lose to Juwan Howard as the Illini pull away in the second half. We got all four of us on the pod today to recap and look ahead.
The Illini stun the Wildcats of Northwestern by 30 in an all around team effort. Josh and Jonny are joined by Robert to talk through how that felt and what it means.
The Illini dismantled Mizzou 97-73 and have reclaimed Braggin' Rights. Jonny, Matty, and Josh are here to brag and to look ahead.
The #illini storm into MSG and take down #11 FAU, Josh and Matty use our dumb brains and get optimistic, and @ALionEye and Jonny join from MSG where it is really easy to hear them.
The guys react to the 71-64 Illinni loss to Marquette. They try not to overreact to the loss and look ahead to the rest of the Non-Conference schedule. Also, they had to weigh in on the Paddock/Altmyer debate.
The boys are back after seven long months without Illinois basketball. Here we go with season four!
We brought back on Robert to talk about the Illini getting a 9 seed in the NCAA tournament. We discuss the bracket, the first and potential second round matchups vs. Arkansas and Kansas, and how if we don't make it to S16 its an absolute failure /s. Also we had a live reaction to the Illini WBB getting into the play in game.
The game was so exciting that even our recording device gave out midway. Not to worry, the guys still came to play and talk about the 2OT win, and rub some salt into the wound on Michigan and Mr. Dickinson.
This episode is sure to put a smile on your faces as the guys let loose after a huge comeback against rival Northwestern.
After a brief hiatus off the mics... we're back! Come for the Illini basketball discussion, stay for the argument about Northwestern (?!) winning the B1G.
The guys recap the last two #illini wins against the Badgers and Huskers. We discuss how good these seniors have it and look forward on the schedule. Tune in!
The guys recap the Illini win over the Buckeyes and discuss the clunker against the Hoosiers.
We recap the Illini win over Nebraska and Wisconsin, Illini twitter not being real, upcoming expectations, and your ranked Illini Women's basketball team.
Fresh off the worst Braggin' Rights loss in Illini history, the guys don't hold back on what went wrong in St. Louis Thursday night.
Jonny and Josh are joined by Robert (@alioneye) on our back from NYC and we discuss how the Illini stormed back from down 10 to beat the Texas Longhorns at Madison Square Garden in overtime.
The guys break down the Illini's 73-44 win over Syracuse. We go through Hawkin's triple-double, looked back at Vegas/Lindenwood, and look forward to Maryland and Texas.
The guys are on cloud 9 and react in their hotel room after the Illini come storming back from 15 in Las Vegas against UCLA.
The guys change up how postgame pods will come out this season. If all four of us are on, we have 16 minutes to react. If we have only 2 of us, we have 8 minutes to react. Today all four are on and we do our best to go through everything we learned from the Illini against EIU within 16 minutes.
Who's excited about some basketball tomorrow? Tyler Underwood joins the show for a surprise preview episode the night before the season.
Season three kicks off with a preview of the nonconference schedule, a look at the overhauled roster, and maybe just a little bit too much football talk.
We welcome on to the podcast the Co-Founder of NextName Steve Thayer to discuss the NFT company he set up to support Illini Athletes, the NIL industry, and how we all can help.
Frenchman Zacharie Perrin pledges his commitment to the Illini. The guys break it all down as well as Trent, Kofi, and the schedule. Plus Vegas!
We get back on the mics to discuss the two most recent commits to the Illini, Matthew Mayer and Terrence Shannon Jr. We go through potential lineups and Big 10 outlook as of late May.
Jonny, Josh, and Matt discuss the Illini landing 5-star guard Skyy Clark, Coach Underwood's contract extension, and the other offseason news to date.
The guys share their thoughts on Curbelo leaving and what it means and muster the energy to discuss the sad end to the #illini basketball season.
Jonny, Matty, and Sam give their immediate reactions as they try to catch their breaths after the Illini narrowly escape victory over Chattanooga in the first round of the NCAA Tourney.
Robert (@alioneye) and Tyler (@tylercott) join the podcast to discuss the first weekend for the Illini in the NCAA Tournament. We got through scouts of the Mocs and hopefully the Cougars, Big Ten fandom in the tournament, and more.
The guys break down their thoughts on our Illini being a four seed, our potential matchups, region, and overall thoughts on the NCAA selection committee.
The guys break it down with the great Deon Thomas to get his take on the B1G championship, the All-Big Ten teams, and his preview of the conference tournament. Plus, the guys continue to reminisce and reflect back on Sunday night.
Jonny, Sam, and Josh get on the mic at midnight after they get back from their trip down to Champaign to break down how your Fighting Illini took down the Iowa Hawkeyes 74-72 to win the Big Ten regular-season title. (Typing this gives us chills)
Robert (@alioneye) joins Matty, Jonny, and Josh to discuss the Illini victory Sunday afternoon over the Michigan Wolverines. We discuss the key players and moments from the game, go on tangents about the 2022-2023 team and road wins, and give a look ahead to the next week of Big 10 play.
The guys recap what has surely been an incredible 48 hours for the BoardRoom and Illini, featuring two wins (shoutout Josh) in one day!
The guys break down what was undoubtedly a tough night for Illini on the road. The fellas are surprisingly levelheaded after such an emotional letdown of a game. Give it a listen!
It's been 1080 days since the Illini have lost to Wisconsin, and the boys couldn't be happier to break down the action. Plus, Ken Pomeroy of Kenpom.com joins the show to break down Illinois, the B1G, and the national player of the year race.
Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) joins the show as we discuss (in order) Illini Basketball, Ayo on the Bulls, Illini Football, and the miscellaneous Chicago sports teams topics.
Guys break down a double-overtime Illini loss to Purdue. Just like every Amtrak train, our podcast is posted on delay. We recorded Monday evening and posted it today, so listen to us and @ALionEye go through our emotions six hours after the final buzzer rang.
The Illini take down the Terrapins on Ayo Night in front of Demar Derozan. The guys discuss Kofi and Trent's spectacular night, Ayo, and everything else from a Thursday night in Champaign.
The guys break down a meaningful Braggin' Rights win as the trophy returns home to Champaign for the first time since 2017. Come for the basketball talk, stay for the Mizzou bowl game loss recap.
A thrilling game ends in crushing defeat for Illinois as they can't hold on against the Bearcats. The guys talk their way through this one and calmly explain how the Illini are just fine.
Matty, Jonny, Sam, and Josh break down the Iowa win. They discuss the spectacular performances of Kofi, Grandison, Plummer, Trent, and Monte and wrap up with a preview of Saturday's showdown vs. Arizona.
While it wasn't the biggest loss for Notre Dame fans of the night, the Illini took care of business at home. The guys react to the 82-72 win for Brad Underwoods' crew, discuss how Kofi needs to be appreciated more nationally, and the role players that stepped up. We wrap up Illinois Football closing out the year on good vibes and our Big Ten Fantasy lineups. Like, subscribe, and share as always.
The guys revel in not just one loss...but two! Join us on a spiritual journey as we sing the Monday blues and discuss not only last week's loss to Marquette but also tonight's loss to Cincinnati.
The Illini basketball regular season is upon us! Join the guys as they reel off some extremely professional instant analysis and overreact to the Illini win in the most absurd of ways.
Illinois played a basketball game, so we overreacted to it! Plus, the guys breakdown some season expectations and debate some hot takes provided by an unnamed source from an unnamed podcast (shoutout to the Field Pass for no reason).
Tyler Underwood joins the show to talk a little preseason Illini hoops and tell us what it's like to be related to Coach Underwood.
With a little assistance from Robert, the guys look ahead to the 2021 Illinois Football season and what to expect from year one of the Bielema era.
Ayo's just been drafted by the Bulls and frankly, the guys can't believe it. Join us for some instant reaction and celebration to Ayo staying home (again!).
The guys catch up on some of the latest football and basketball news and ask their dream hypothetical questions to Coach B and Andre Curbelo.
Adopted Illini Mike Daum joins the show to preview his expectations for this year's TBT tournament. Plus, we fill him in on everything he needs to know about Champaign-Urbana.
Who's pumped for a little summer House of 'Paign basketball? Head coach and GM Mike LaTulip joins the program to preview what's in store for his team. Plus- maybe a little tease at a surprise roster spot?
After a brief hiatus, the guys recap everything that's happened to Illinois Basketball since the NCAA Tournament, talk some spring football, and recap the amazing Country Club U weekend.
Well, that sucked! So we talked about it. Hear the guys discuss their emotional reactions to the Illini loss to Loyola in the round of 32 and the legacy this team will leave.
The guys breakdown their initial thoughts and reactions from the first day of the tournament, the Illini win over Drexel, and look ahead to Sunday's matchup with the Ramblers.
Can't sleep? Neither can we. So we talked to Tyler about how he's feeling going into the tournament and what the Illini need to do to win the whole damn thing.
The guys break down what it means to be a big ten tournament champion and have the opportunity to raise a banner. Plus, a discussion on our region of the bracket and what the future may hold over the next three weekends.
The Illini are officially locked in as a one seed after a win against Iowa in the Big Ten Tournament Semi-Finals. The guys break it down and chat about the championship game tomorrow.
The guys give their unfiltered reaction to beating OSU in Columbus to all but lock up a #1 seed in the NCAA tournament.
Robert and Tyler join the show to break down arguably the biggest conference win in any of our lifetimes and try to put this all into words. Stick around for Sam's breakdown of the Horizon League semifinal game!
The guys recap the win against the Badgers and engage in civil discourse about the national player of the year race with 247sports writer David Eikhort. We're definitely not biased!
The crew recap the season sweep against Nebraska and give their favorite memories from all the guys honored at Senior Night on Thursday.
Fantasy guru and Illini fan Brad Evans join the show to talk about the win over Minnesota, Ayo v Luka for NPOY, bracketology, the future of sports gambling, and of course, tequila!
We recap the Northwestern game and had an AWESOME interview with The Big Ten Network's own Dave Revsine. We talk:
-Michigan, Ohio State, Illini -Ayo vs Luka -Dave's move from Quad Cities reporter to SportsCenter anchor -His favorite USF-Illini game at Soldier Field -A LOT MORE
Illini Nation’s favorite walk-on Tyler Cottingham joins the show after the Nebraska game to help us rationalize how we’re still winning the natty despite barely escaping Lincoln with an overtime win.
Illini superfan and Orange Krush regular for the past DECADE Andy Wszalek shares his secrets for how he's been able to secure the same seat for so long. Plus, the guys break down the IU game and discuss Trent's very bad word he said to the Indiana bench.
The guys turn on the mics for a quick celebratory episode after knocking off 7th ranked Iowa in a thrilling 80-75 victory.
Loaded episode as Ken Pomeroy joins the program to preview Illinois' upcoming matchups, discuss how he got into predicting college basketball, and gives us his own secrets to building the perfect team.
Illini Basketball all-time leading scorer Deon Thomas joins the show for an awesome long-form conversation to chat about everything from playing, broadcasting, fundraising, and his confidence in guarding Luka Garza.
We collected some interesting and definitely not controversial takes Illini twitter had after Saturday's game and blindly react to them.
Robert needed to be cheered up so we hit record and allowed him to set the record straight on how his mentions work and how he’s feeling post Maryland. It’s raw, unedited, and will hopefully cheer you up too if you’re feeling a little scorched earth after the Maryland game.
A quick better late than never recap of the IU win followed by Howard Griffith joining the show to discuss everything from his college days to the build-up of playing in a Super Bowl.
The guys figure out how to pronounce Bret Bielema's last name and chat with the man who hit the biggest shot in the last 15 years for Illinois Basketball, Tyler Griffey.
Malcolm Hill joins the show to help cure our post-Braggin’ Rights blues. Plus, coaching search guru and IHSA football coach Mat Pistole hops on to talk about potential candidates for the football vacancy.
[0:00-31:20] Malcolm Hill
[31:30-1:05] Mat Pistole
1989 Flyin' Illini and current BTN analyst Stephen Bardo joins the podcast to discuss his thoughts after Illinois beats Duke at Cameron Indoor by 15. The guys also ask Stephen about his experiences as an analyst, player, and Illini.
Robert takes us through how he copes after an Illini football loss and previews the upcoming Hate Week gauntlet of Duke-NU-MIZ.
America's favorite walk-on Tyler Cottingham joins the podcast to discuss his takeaways from the MTE, his experiences as a walk-on, and that time Shaquille O'neal visited campus.
Episode two kicks off with some football talk and the tweet heard round the world. The guys break down the MTE and preview who the internet will be talking about come Friday afternoon.
Jon, Matty, Sam, and Josh invite Robert onto the podcast for their pilot episode of the Illini Board Room. The guys break down some pre-season expectations, reveal their own over/unders, and introduce Fantasy B1G Basketball.