Here’s a possible re-write:
"Florida loses to mizzou, Kansas loses to UCF, UNC loses to SMU"
(insert this:) Just goes to show how hard it is to avoid a bad loss here and there. So far, the Illini have managed this which is important because …
(delete this:)and yet we’re not pleased by a somewhat comfortable win on the road. Some of yall are either new to college hoops or being ignorant. Bad losses happen to everyone! We have 0 bad losses, sure we have a few games we wish we had, but
"the difference between a top 3 seed come March and a non-protected seed is taking care of business in all the games you should win, which is arguably more important than getting the marquee ones. We’re in a great spot."
"Florida loses to mizzou, Kansas loses to UCF, UNC loses to SMU"
(insert this:) Just goes to show how hard it is to avoid a bad loss here and there. So far, the Illini have managed this which is important because …
(delete this:)
"the difference between a top 3 seed come March and a non-protected seed is taking care of business in all the games you should win, which is arguably more important than getting the marquee ones. We’re in a great spot."