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New Mexico State 74, Illinois 69 POSTGAME
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<blockquote data-quote="Obelix" data-source="post: 1359540" data-attributes="member: 7292"><p>I do not really believe that, and the fact that we have gone through 3 totally different coaches with different personalities and identities supports that disagreement. Illinois fans believe that, but the rest of college basketball does not see it. I do not believe that basketball analysts are psychologists or experts in analyzing culture, identity, and buy-in. </p><p></p><p>When college analysts projected Illinois low this year, it is not because they thought that Illini players will not buy-in into Underwood, or they will be slow to adapt, or they do not have the right culture. And it is not that they do not believe that Underwood is a good coach either, there were multiple articles (more than I had ever expected) praising Underwood and the hiring as one of the best (if not the best) in college basketball this off-season. </p><p></p><p>When pretty much every analyst has Illinois very low, whereas more than 70% of Illini fans predict Illinois will make the tournament (pre-season) and argue that analysts are pretty much wrong, that should tell us something.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Obelix, post: 1359540, member: 7292"] I do not really believe that, and the fact that we have gone through 3 totally different coaches with different personalities and identities supports that disagreement. Illinois fans believe that, but the rest of college basketball does not see it. I do not believe that basketball analysts are psychologists or experts in analyzing culture, identity, and buy-in. When college analysts projected Illinois low this year, it is not because they thought that Illini players will not buy-in into Underwood, or they will be slow to adapt, or they do not have the right culture. And it is not that they do not believe that Underwood is a good coach either, there were multiple articles (more than I had ever expected) praising Underwood and the hiring as one of the best (if not the best) in college basketball this off-season. When pretty much every analyst has Illinois very low, whereas more than 70% of Illini fans predict Illinois will make the tournament (pre-season) and argue that analysts are pretty much wrong, that should tell us something. [/QUOTE]
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