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New Mexico State 74, Illinois 69 POSTGAME
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<blockquote data-quote="Second and Chalmers" data-source="post: 1359883" data-attributes="member: 527609"><p>I mean, by that logic, Augustana is a better program too. There's a sense in which that's true I suppose.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The point is, we have been better than NMSU for probably 7-8 of the last ten years, and never meaningfully worse, despite those years being almost unrelenting failure and disappointment on our part. So the fact that we find ourselves near-even to them is disturbing, and losing to them on a favorable neutral floor is more disturbing still. Every single year of those ten we've brought in a MASSIVELY stronger class than they have. And this is where we are.</p><p></p><p>Illinois should not be losing to New Mexico State at the United Center. Ever. To say that's ho-hum the natural order of things given X and Y excuses is the incoherence I'm referring to. Year 1 of a new coach with an imperfect potpourri of a roster is not Illinois at its best. But we're well behind where we ought to be even with those handicaps.</p><p></p><p>Go get better. Beat Mizzou.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Second and Chalmers, post: 1359883, member: 527609"] I mean, by that logic, Augustana is a better program too. There's a sense in which that's true I suppose. The point is, we have been better than NMSU for probably 7-8 of the last ten years, and never meaningfully worse, despite those years being almost unrelenting failure and disappointment on our part. So the fact that we find ourselves near-even to them is disturbing, and losing to them on a favorable neutral floor is more disturbing still. Every single year of those ten we've brought in a MASSIVELY stronger class than they have. And this is where we are. Illinois should not be losing to New Mexico State at the United Center. Ever. To say that's ho-hum the natural order of things given X and Y excuses is the incoherence I'm referring to. Year 1 of a new coach with an imperfect potpourri of a roster is not Illinois at its best. But we're well behind where we ought to be even with those handicaps. Go get better. Beat Mizzou. [/QUOTE]
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