Selection Sunday

[IlliniFaninHoosierLand]

Does Louisville just get handed Kansas’ #3 seed or UVA’s 5 if one has to withdraw?

Pretty much.

 

[illiniapolis]

Man they shafted us. If we get out of the s16 I think we go all the way

 

[illiniapolis]

It seems exceptionally hard because we're in it. We try to look down the road of what "could be". In reality, to get where you want to go....only have to beat four of them.

But those 4 could be loyola, osu, wvu, or houston. That's some really hot teams

 

[MoCoMdIllini]

Where is Duke???? Travesty. I thought ESPN said they would still be in?????!!!!!

Greensboro, probably. Old habits, and all that.

 

[Deleted member 747903]

Both Seth Davis and Clark Kellogg have us in the national title game.

 

[illiniorphan]

You have to love this team, our bench, and our coach and coaching staff. Just makes 2021 a whole lot better. I really don't care who is in our bracket, if we play like we have the last two weeks, we'll be in the final four...

 

[Deleted member 11228]

Both Seth Davis and Clark Kellogg have us in the national title game.

They also picked Gonzaga to win it all. We'll see.

 

[Hopingfor500]

Not whining about the bracket but it couldn’t have been much tougher.

Loyola is a good 9 that will have the in state thing going for them

ok St is better than some 3 seeds and will know Brads offense better than about anyone.

then we might play Huggy who knows Brad’s system better than anyone other than Ok St.

I find it funny that we just assume that Loyola is going to beat Georgia Tech....the ACC tournament champ. Maybe we should be worries more about them? Let's just take and beat whoever is in front of us.

 

[skyIdub]

Both Seth Davis and Clark Kellogg have us in the national title game.

 

[JFGsCoffeeMug]

Both Seth Davis and Clark Kellogg have us in the national title game.

And losing to the Zags.

 

[New Creation]

You're not serious are you?

yeah.. GT is a tough team.. and they have padilla.. their version of curbelo ..

I watch a lot of basketball.. GT won the regular season and the conference Tournament.. they should be a 4 seed.. not a 9 seed.

 

[ILLINIShox24]

So far no one mentioning Cade Cunningham has raised the fact that Ayo will absolutely want that head to head matchup. He lives for that stage. I'm not worried.

 

[Illwinsagain]

I hoped Oklahoma State would be a 3. Loyola to Oklahoma State is a tough path.

Of course we can and should win, but that's not easy.

It's not going to be easy, but doable.

 

[altenberger22]

I'd rather play Baylor than Ohio St in Elite 8. I'm tired of the Buckeyes. Would also like to beat another of those teams who put a blemish on our record.

Illini vs. Gonzaga sounds like a great championship game!

 

[New Creation]

Kofi is going to be the reason we make it to the National Champ game.. Ayo and Andre will be the reason we win the NCAA

 

[WhiteHorseWings]

Kofi is going to be the reason we make it to the National Champ game.. Ayo and Andre will be the reason we win the NCAA

He should be shooting free throws all week. It will eventually be the difference in a win

 

[fuggles]

There’s no “not really” about it. I said “by kenpom”. Loyola is the first top 10 kenpom team to get as low of seed as an 8/9.

obviously the committee saw through the bogus kenpom ranking. Have you heard of Sagarin? Loyola has only played one top 50 team on Sagarin. And they lost.

 

[Ramrod2010]

I bet we either get Oklahoma State as the 4/5 or Loyola as 8/9

Lol, why not both?

 

[fuggles]

Houston as our #2 seed. Thoughts?

The most over rated 2 seed in a while. Likely they will lose before we play them. If not, an easy win.

 

[adogster]

Cade Cunningham is a nightmare, we have a couple nightmares ourselves.

Washington was a nightmare today!

 

[hooraybeer]

is there a more detailed bracket with date/time/location of games? which one of the two arenas will our s16 game be if we advance?

 

[GloryDays]

So far no one mentioning Cade Cunningham has raised the fact that Ayo will absolutely want that head to head matchup. He lives for that stage. I'm not worried.

I'd tell him tough, Damonte gets that matchup

 

[CarsonHowe_9]

who would we rather play georgia tech or loyola georgia tech is on fire rn and have the ACC poty

 

[Illwinsagain]

They also picked Gonzaga to win it all. We'll see.

I really want to play Gonzaga. For one, that means we are in the title game. Two, we have beaten them as an underdog in the past.

 

[BretMyBeachHouse]

When's the NIT selection show? Asking for an Indiana friend.