I have to agree with a few posters. I don't really care don't care what our seed is this year! As long as we go into the tournament healthy and we have Hawkins RJ and Goode, coming off the bench to help out. I think we're going to be awesome. We have to shoot free throws better though if we're going to advance deep! I would not want to play this in Illinois team! I would prefer us to win the five next games though and finish 25- 8 no doubt! Go Illini.
I agree for the most part with this exception. I am 60 years old and have loved the Illini since I was about 8. Seeding does matter in the NCAA tournament. Matchups are everything (that and luck). Yes I want to win (share) a Big regular season championship. I have seen about 8 of those in my life. What I have not seen is an NCAA championship team. This team, in this years filed, has a chance. Maybe it is not a great chance, but they are at least in the top 10-12 teams who could win it.
So what I would ask is go look how many 4/5 seeds have made the final 4. It is such a better place to be a 3 seed (even better is a 3 seed playing through Chicago). We can get a 3 seed if we get hot.
I was at the game in 2005 against Arizona in the Rosemont Horizon. That was the loudest game I have ever seen. Seeding does matter, and anything that helps us get a better seed in the NCAA tournament I am in favor of.
I simply don’t have that many more years on this earth that we will have teams that could win it. I love sharing the Big title, but the big prize is an NCAA title.