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I mentioned those earlier but I forgot about 2000 against Michigan. We are the most cursed team in basketball it seems.
We really did kind of own the BTT in its early years.wow. Didn't know that about Dukee. Interesting. Coach K will be gone. I would settle for Big Ten Tournament title and Elite 8
I think we are the type of team that could "not show up" and get bounced early again ... but I also think we are the type of team that, if we make it all the way to the Elite Eight and are playing that hot, you might as well have us going to the Final Four, too.wow. Didn't know that about Dukee. Interesting. Coach K will be gone. I would settle for Big Ten Tournament title and Elite 8
Things haven't 100% clicked for us that often this year due to a variety of factors, but if everybody is on ... we are more than capable of a deep run.Agreed. I’m really like this 5 out set with Hawkins as something very different from our normal lineup. At this point, we’re probably playing in Milwaukee. We could technically pass Purdue for Indy if we keep winning and they unravel. For the regionals, I am really hoping we sneak into Chicago(I live here) and my second wish is avoiding Duke’s regional because ticket prices will skyrocket for Coach K’s last run.I think we are the type of team that could "not show up" and get bounced early again ... but I also think we are the type of team that, if we make it all the way to the Elite Eight and are playing that hot, you might as well have us going to the Final Four, too.
As a fellow Chicagoan, I agree! I would love to see us playing for an Elite Eight or Final Four in front of a sea of orange! I think our 2005 team might have gone down in Illini history similarly to the 2001 squad if that Arizona game hadn't been played in the Chicago Area ... I believe James said as much himself!
Lol, this was a very confusing sentence given we played Arizona both times ... but I meant I don't think the '05 squad stages that Elite Eight comeback if the crowd in Rosemont doesn't pull them past the finish line, meaning they would go down similarly to our 2001 Elite Eight team in fans' minds, rather than as one of the two greatest Illini teams ever.
Woke up this morning, like most here, completely deflated as our chance at sharing a reg season title now hinges on a third straight outrageous Husker road performance on Sunday.
I have wondered what a post season all star series would be like. Pitting all stars from each conference against each other. I am sure there are 100 reasons why it would never happen, but with NIL it would be an interesting way to get some players some compensation.
Don't forget Frebounding.
Freferees can be dangerous too.
Woke up this morning, like most here, completely deflated as our chance at sharing a reg season title now hinges on a third straight outrageous Husker road performance on Sunday.
Then that BU | We Will Win video @skyldub posted gave me chills. I'm back
Thanks, brother.
The main benefit of the 2005 game being in Rosemont was the refs didn't have the stones to allow Arizona 56 free throws to Illinois' 25 like 2001. They wouldn't have made it out of the arena alive.Lol, this was a very confusing sentence given we played Arizona both times ... but I meant I don't think the '05 squad stages that Elite Eight comeback if the crowd in Rosemont doesn't pull them past the finish line, meaning they would go down similarly to our 2001 Elite Eight team in fans' minds, rather than as one of the two greatest Illini teams ever.
That's called mismanaging a game ... badly. I remember being in Georgetown at a college sportsbar. Had I been at home, I would have likely busted my first TV.
FIFY
With NIL, I wonder if there's any reason a private entity couldn't put this together, in the offseason, as an exhibition event?
Like The Basketball Tournament?
Except with college basketball players, yes. And probably more like a 1 or 2 day event.
