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I think Thursday we got a little bit of a tease from @DB11Headband , @Indy Illini Fan , and @illini0440 about… something. Was that about 5 for 5 smoke or a possible portal add? Has anyone heard anything further? Thread is slowing down and that makes me a bit sad 😔 . lol I know the hot takes...

Hate to praise scUM in any way (but they did win it all, we should strive for that)… but what are your thoughts on our depth compared to them or 23-24 UConn? I feel like scUM going 9 deep may have been their greatest strength, esp bc they were able to stay fresh all year and weather the loss...

You bring hope during a dark time 🥹 🙏 . Needed this! lol I think you and @RockfordIllini are on a similar page.

I hear you on this, but we’re not wanting to land Blackwell because it’ll make us preseason #1 per se. We want Blackwell so we can become borderline unstoppable, overwhelm teams with depth and talent, and intimidate everyone in our path lol. To kind of reach that Michigan tier from this last...

i mean this as a genuine clarification, not disagreeing (especially with an insider 😳) , but perhaps @wncillini was getting at… instead of “one of the best” wouldn’t we have been THE best with Blackwell? And would go from “can win a title” to “even more likely to win a title?”

As if we didn’t need any more feel good stories on here lately! Love this for you @Emerson Bigguns. @gville90, you wouldn’t happen to be one of the team physicians would you? 👀 do we have a medical insider? 👀👀👀

Hahaha sheesh. This got me at first too! 😅

But! But!! 😭😭😭

I tried to say this yesterday about IU and Mizzou and got poo-poo’ed 🤣lmao

don’t look now but IU and Mizzou quietly assembling very strong prep+transfer classes….. 🙈. IU looks to have pivoted from Aiden Sherell and landed a Turkish 7-2 Center (SMU transfer). Or dare I say they might land them both?! 🫣🫣🫣

Sleeper’s also mentioned the Duke visit cancellation…. Good call @gville90 and @EmeraldCityIllini !

both @EmeraldCityIllini and @gville90 have mentioned it on here so far. Wonder if anyone else can confirm?

My point was more in defense of Illinois’s season. I personally don’t disagree with Duke being ahead of us in the poll based on their body of work. But to the casual fan, for a team of Illinois’s caliber to reach the final four, most casual fans will look at it and know they belonged. In other...

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My first reaction to this poll was frustration, but let’s be honest most fans including casual ones are logical enough to conclude that the teams in the final four are the best 4 teams. No one is going to look at this media poll and think worse of Illinois’s season.