When we woke up today we were 40 minutes of good basketball away from the final 4. We are currently down to 5 minutes of good basketball away from the final 4. LET IT RIP.
There was an interesting discussion on this board a while back where everyone was discussing rivals and how who you viewed as Illinois’ main rival was dependent on what era and what part of the state you grew up in. I grew up in the metro east and was raised to dislike all things Mizzou and the...
Can we lament the miss opportunities after the game? We’re up at half and this soft European team that was supposed to get pushed around isn’t exactly getting pushed around. We’re playing Houston. It was never going to be pretty. Just win baby.
Guys if we all could’ve elected to be up 2 and start this game at halftime we would have taken it. We are 20 minutes of good basketball away from being in the elite 8 against a team we know we are superior to. LET IT RIP.
Ben is not my favorite player but I got a lot of respect for that foul at the end of the game to prevent the Michigan dunk. It was just nice to see a little bit of pride at the end of all of this.