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The Balkans theme for Illinois’ basketball team this season is fun and easy to enjoy, even if some students are so geographically challenged they couldn’t find the Balkan region on a map of Europe if you spotted them Greece.

The Illini have five players who hail from the Balkans, including returning center Tomislav Ivišić, the O.G. of the so-called “Balkan Five,” and newcomers David Mirković , Andrej Stojaković, Mihailo Petrović and Zvonimir Ivišić, the twin brother of Tomislav.

As Borat would say, “Very nice.”

After bringing in Stojaković, a transfer from California, Brad Underwood, a veteran coach with a gift for recruiting and social media, created an AI-generated photo of himself wearing an orange Nike track suit. He was squatting in

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