Green Street Journal: Biggest Game Ever?

It’s time. It?s time for the Illini basketball program to forget the disappointments of years past and move on to greatness. It?s time to get over the 1989 Final Four loss, Bruce Pearl, upsets to the likes of Austin Peay. It?s time to get over the Lon Kruger...

Daily Dose: Don’t mess with the pretty boy

The experts told us what would happen. James Augustine would get tossed around like Toto in the tornado. Roger Powell would be eaten by Jason Maxiell. Nick Smith would be used like a toothpick by Eric Hicks. Jack Ingram would soil himself with fear at the...

Daily Dose: Yawn, is day one over, yet?

I’m sure that if you were a Nevada or Manhattan fan that yesterday’s NCAA Tournament games were exciting, but for the rest of us, it was like a day long dose of Tylenol PM. Even the close games were hard to watch. SIU and Alabama in a turnover...

Pick a winner

Because I know that you turn to Desipio for the most in-depth coverage of…everything, I thought I’d be a nice guy and share my entry in the Desipio Tourney Challenge with you. Every pick for every game. Of course, I waited until the games started today to...

Daily Dose: Swift and impotent justice

On Friday, the Fighting Illini take on the world-famous Murray State Racers in the NCAA Tournament’s first round. It’s not quite as highly anticipated as say…the Billy Packer-Joe Lunardi first round machup in the Desipio Assclown Tournament, but...

2004 Desipio Assclown Tournament

There’s nothing quite like a good idea run amuck is there? I didn’t think so. After much deliberation and input, our crack committee has assembled not only the field of 65 for the 2004 Desipio Assclown Tournament, but we had enough Assclowns left over for...