Were they? The way Smith said "in my opinion" or something similar, seemed like he was talking about the NCAA tourney. We were mathematically locked in to seeds 3-5 for the B1G tourney, no opinion needed.
Looks like most of the brackets on Bracket Matrix that had Illinois as a 3-seed also had Nebraska as a 2-seed, so tonight's results should make the Illini a really solid 2-seed when updates are done tomorrow.
I think only 1 of 4 were credited as an assist to Keaton since Jakeās 3 was after a fake and dribble. Still, great unselfish play by everyone down the stretch regardless of the stats.
Don't be surprised if there is a huge Illini fan turnout for the games at UCLA and USC this year, since this is the first visit to Southern California for either football or men's basketball since the B1G expansion. The only West Coast road trips for the first two football seasons and first...