Illini Basketball 2025-2026
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Without a doubt, A.
A 2 seed, 4 losses, Confernce as well as Conf. tourney champs, and final four appearance....fixed it for ya
Wouldn't Kylan be on Smith? Maybe not I dont recall. He is a tough cover for anyone but Mihailo will be too.
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
Butch Lee was the truth
B for me.
A was just an average season salvaged by winning one game you weren't supposed to in the tournament. They don't hang banners for Elite Eights.
I would be satisfied with either season in a vacuum but I wouldn't want either one to become the norm.
GrayGhost77
- Centennial, CO
With only 4 losses I think it would be more likely you'd be a 1 seed. Basically B would be very similar to the '21 season for us. Great team but that disappointing loss to Loyola left a really bad taste in the mouth.
sacraig
- The desert
When's the last time a P4 team with 4 losses wasn't a 1 seed?
I don’t think so. I don’t think Mihailo Petrovic is there yet. I am pretty confident that it would have been announced here in bold if he were. And you would hear the Illini fans cheering in the streets. And I think one of the insiders said he wasn’t expecting him until mid-August or maybe even the end of August, I don’t remember which.
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DeonThomas
- South Carolina
I'm flipping over to Illini basketball (from Illini football) for a moment to briefly catch-up on things. Is it true we're finally "whole" with the exception of Ty?
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
No. Mirk and Petrovic have both signed and Mirk has arrived in CU… but neither have cleared the formal NCAA ruling yet, and until Petrovic gets here he’s also subject to Trump’s student visa nonsense. It’s the waiting game for both of them.
This was St John's last season if the four losses are regular season and the final uncounted loss is the round of 32.
A for sure. Regular season means nothing, it's guaranteed money and the schedule is imbalanced. There's 30+ conference champions every year. Being a 2-seed and losing early makes you a choke-job/seeding mistake.
March Madness is the true judge of a team's value and getting to the Elite Eight means you're for real. And you got your conference a good deal of money.
And if they were in a P4 conference
B, no question. It's elation from November through Selection Sunday and a banner being raised vs mediocrity for 5 months and absolutely nothing to show for it.
Whether you lose in the 2nd around or the Elite 8, you leave the tournament with the exactly the same thing that you had going in......which is absolutely nothing.
If you add Final Four to option A...that's a different story.
lstewart53x3
- Scottsdale, Arizona
I agree. In terms of priority i’d go:
1. National Championship Game
2. Final Four
3. Regular Season Championship
4. Elite 8
5. Sweet 16
6. Conference Tournament Championship
7. Round Of 32
8. Round of 64
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