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<blockquote data-quote="illini510" data-source="post: 2055241" data-attributes="member: 748857"><p>There's always going to be something about 2001 that stands apart from 2021 and even this year 2023-2024 season. What stands apart is all the homegrown talent that came together to don the Illini uniform(Frank Williams, Sergio McClain, Brian Cook, Lucas Johnson, Sean Harrington, Marcus Griffin, Damir Krupalija). I don't include Corey Bradford b/c he was from Memphis and Robert Archibald was from Missouri. But, we all get the idea. I miss the days when Illinois kids stayed home and took some pride in going to the state school. Also, this was the group of players that caused me to fall in love with Illinois basketball. These guys introduced me to becoming an Illini fan after the Bulls broke up the band after the 98 season. So, that is part of why that team holds a special place in my Illini heart.</p><p></p><p>Ayo was the first one in a long time that chose to stay in-state and made it cool to go to Illinois again. Although being a transfer, it was nice to see Terrence come back to the home state and finish out his last 2 collegiate years at the state school. But, keeping kids in state is just not like it used to be and certainly is different in the transfer portal era.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="illini510, post: 2055241, member: 748857"] There's always going to be something about 2001 that stands apart from 2021 and even this year 2023-2024 season. What stands apart is all the homegrown talent that came together to don the Illini uniform(Frank Williams, Sergio McClain, Brian Cook, Lucas Johnson, Sean Harrington, Marcus Griffin, Damir Krupalija). I don't include Corey Bradford b/c he was from Memphis and Robert Archibald was from Missouri. But, we all get the idea. I miss the days when Illinois kids stayed home and took some pride in going to the state school. Also, this was the group of players that caused me to fall in love with Illinois basketball. These guys introduced me to becoming an Illini fan after the Bulls broke up the band after the 98 season. So, that is part of why that team holds a special place in my Illini heart. Ayo was the first one in a long time that chose to stay in-state and made it cool to go to Illinois again. Although being a transfer, it was nice to see Terrence come back to the home state and finish out his last 2 collegiate years at the state school. But, keeping kids in state is just not like it used to be and certainly is different in the transfer portal era. [/QUOTE]
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