Illinois faces Rutgers on Friday in Big Ten tournament.
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By Matthew Flaten Decatur Herald & Review
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — As the one-year anniversary of last year’s lost postseason arrives, No. 3 Illinois is preparing for its Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal matchup Friday with Rutgers, which beat Indiana on Thursday, and coach Brad Underwood is not dwelling on the past.
“It’s a new team, a different mindset and it’s too much to think about looking back on something I can’t change,” he said. “We have been playing for a lot all year, we have accomplished a great deal and we have a lot more to go.”
The shift from being the hunter as an underdog, to being the hunted as the No. 3 team in the country, is a matter of perspective, Underwood said.
“There is no doubt that we are a great hunter and we are chasing something. We are chasing a lot right now and there is no doubt that we feel that and we prey on that. I create that I want to channel that the right way,” he said. “It all a matter of what your perspective is. Some people look at it that they are chasing us because we are the higher seed. What we are chasing is something beyond that. Our goals are set pretty high and we will chase those.”
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Time to start choppin wood !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Go Illini..............................