I’m just glad I can watch an Illini game in person when the team flies out to Oregon (and even Seattle). FWLIW I wish the Pac12 was intact too, though. I feel bad for Oregon state and Washington state. While neither were perennial contenders they took steep nosedives after everyone left. They’re...
Really not interested in seeing more sub .500 conference-record teams from major conferences get in. I’d rather see the low- or mid- major teams that dominated their conference play that just somehow lost their conference tournament get in finally. That’s the best way to expand this thing.
I’ve watched nearly every Ducks game for the last three years he’s played (my kids go/went there). He’s a great pickup for the Bears. Very canny and clutch player and saved the Ducks on more than one end of game situations, including a game winning interception against Penn State and strong...
Ppl also need to have more faith in the staff’s ability to develop players pre and throughout the season- despite the evidence we’ve seen the past few years.
Wasn’t sure where to post this, but it looks like the B1G earned just under $70m for the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments this year, while our men team alone earned $10.4m for making it to the final four. Of course all the money gets paid to the B1G and all the spoils for every team are...
Will there be a ceremony at half time at a home game next season to hang his jersey? Same question for the Final Four banner…?
Was curious when we might know. It might be cool to fly into Champaign for that game.
I’d be interested in traveling to see us play at Arizona and/or Florida. Good benchmark games for sure. But I’d also be curious to see us do a couple friendly exhibition games against a couple of Balkan league teams. I’d travel for those too.
If we keep Mirk and the Ivisic brothers can bulk up a little more we’ll build off an already vvg front court. Mirk was already one of the best freshmen we’ve ever seen - imagine him as a sophomore! Anyone know if he’ll test NBA waters? Not sure what his projected pick would be… I’d like to see...
I fecking can’t stand UConn. They’re kryptonite to us. But wow what a season! Not how we wanted it to end but we gotta count our lucky stars we had such a special season. Not gonna sulk or complain. Sometimes the ball just doesn’t bounce your way. We fought hard the whole way and I’m gonna...