IlliniInOK
- no longer in OK! Centralia, IL
I'm still holding out hope that we'll slip into the NCAA
Wouldn't that be hilarious? I would absolutely pick us to win a game too. Dead cat bounce!
I'm still holding out hope that we'll slip into the NCAA
I don't see how committee could in good conscience put us in. But crazier things have happened this year
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How Illinois would it be to make it, and have our acting head coach unable to coach because of a suspension.
What was the background on the suspension again?
He bumped a ref after the Miami loss in '12.
Ok, thanks. One would think something like that could have been removed from his record sooner rather than having to deal with it 5 years later, or is it more having to deal with the politically-correct NCAA rules and regulations?
Huh?
You can't make contact with the refs. That has been carved in stone since time immemorial.
Why the suspension has to apply to tournament games and not the regular season, I don't know.
I can understand the contact with the refs thing, but having an infraction hang on your neck like a millstone infinitely without any chance to make it right otherwise does not make sense after 5 years.
A suspension is a suspension, he has to serve it. If he had gone to the NBA or whatever and come back, regardless of the length of time, he should absolutely have to serve it.
But why regular season games (or even the NIT games Illinois has played since then) don't count is strange to me. Oh well. :noidea:
Ok, can go along with that. Will be interesting to see how it turns out if we do go to the NIT and if the acting coach responsibilities baton has to get passed onto one of the other assistants, I guess we'll see.
No, he wouldn't be suspended for the NIT. If NIT games counted, the suspension would be over already.
I can understand the contact with the refs thing, but having an infraction hang on your neck like a millstone infinitely without any chance to make it right otherwise does not make sense after 5 years.
It is true my friend. Luckily at least I got to enjoy a music festival this past weekend while we lost to Rutgers. Wasn't forced to watched that
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Ok, can go along with that. Will be interesting to see how it turns out if we do go to the NIT and if the acting coach responsibilities baton has to get passed onto one of the other assistants, I guess we'll see.
I don't see anyway that happens.UIUC CS prof. / bracketologist currently has us in as an 11 seed (first 4 game)
http://bracketodds.cs.illinois.edu/TT.html
I don't see anyway that happens.
That would either be fun or my worst nightmare.I agree, but thought it was worth putting in here. Maybe he just wants to see the Illinois-Kansas State matchup.
That would either be fun or my worst nightmare.
kind of our luck that we end up running into the michigan/eventual tournament champ buzzsaw in the first round
I was just saying the same thing to my son. After seeing Michigan absolutely rip through that tournament....I was probably a little rough on my thoughts of our team. Rutgers is the one that sticks out to me and ultimately was the nail if you see how the chips fell.....The loss to Michigan now though, it is what it is. Every once in a while you run into a buzzsaw.