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<blockquote data-quote="LouHenson" data-source="post: 1726286" data-attributes="member: 746834"><p>I agree for the most part with this exception. I am 60 years old and have loved the Illini since I was about 8. Seeding does matter in the NCAA tournament. Matchups are everything (that and luck). Yes I want to win (share) a Big regular season championship. I have seen about 8 of those in my life. What I have not seen is an NCAA championship team. This team, in this years filed, has a chance. Maybe it is not a great chance, but they are at least in the top 10-12 teams who could win it.</p><p></p><p>So what I would ask is go look how many 4/5 seeds have made the final 4. It is such a better place to be a 3 seed (even better is a 3 seed playing through Chicago). We can get a 3 seed if we get hot.</p><p></p><p>I was at the game in 2005 against Arizona in the Rosemont Horizon. That was the loudest game I have ever seen. Seeding does matter, and anything that helps us get a better seed in the NCAA tournament I am in favor of.</p><p></p><p>I simply don’t have that many more years on this earth that we will have teams that could win it. I love sharing the Big title, but the big prize is an NCAA title.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LouHenson, post: 1726286, member: 746834"] I agree for the most part with this exception. I am 60 years old and have loved the Illini since I was about 8. Seeding does matter in the NCAA tournament. Matchups are everything (that and luck). Yes I want to win (share) a Big regular season championship. I have seen about 8 of those in my life. What I have not seen is an NCAA championship team. This team, in this years filed, has a chance. Maybe it is not a great chance, but they are at least in the top 10-12 teams who could win it. So what I would ask is go look how many 4/5 seeds have made the final 4. It is such a better place to be a 3 seed (even better is a 3 seed playing through Chicago). We can get a 3 seed if we get hot. I was at the game in 2005 against Arizona in the Rosemont Horizon. That was the loudest game I have ever seen. Seeding does matter, and anything that helps us get a better seed in the NCAA tournament I am in favor of. I simply don’t have that many more years on this earth that we will have teams that could win it. I love sharing the Big title, but the big prize is an NCAA title. [/QUOTE]
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