Illini's basketball culture is lost
February 22, 2012 8:41 AM
Ohio State is what Illinois desperately wants to be. That pride -- Weber mentioned the word at least twice in his postgame news conference -- is as much a part of Ohio State's locker room as, well, the lockers.
"It comes from the people before us. We just try to keep that thing going," said senior William Buford, a proper source on the subject after tying the program record for career starts (126). "It's not about us. It's about the school. The school is bigger than us."
Illinois (16-12, 5-10), meanwhile, is searching for the only thing that can carry it through one of its ugliest stretches in decades: pride. Everything else is crumbling apart.
Klee
"It comes from the people before us. We just try to keep that thing going," said senior William Buford, a proper source on the subject after tying the program record for career starts (126). "It's not about us. It's about the school. The school is bigger than us."
Illinois (16-12, 5-10), meanwhile, is searching for the only thing that can carry it through one of its ugliest stretches in decades: pride. Everything else is crumbling apart.
Klee
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