Pearl has History with Illini; Uw-Milwaukee Coach Hurt Illinois While with Iowa

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) › March 22, 2005

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Illinois coach Bruce Weber knows well the acrimony many Illini fans still feel toward Wisconsin-Milwaukee coach Bruce Pearl, who, as an Iowa assistant in 1989, sparked an NCAA investigation of the Illinois basketball program.

"I've heard some things I can't even say in the press conference," Weber said during his weekly meeting with reporters Monday.

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Pearl has History with Illini; Uw-Milwaukee Coach Hurt Illinois While with Iowa

But most of Weber's players weren't yet in grade school when Pearl's secretly recorded conversation with Illini recruit Deon Thomas ...

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