The Sweet 16
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Is this the chalkiest Sweet 16 ever?
The only team below a 6 seed is one of the highest paid rosters in the nation.
The only team below a 6 seed is one of the highest paid rosters in the nation.
Illini2010-11
- Sugar Grove
11/16 teams from SEC/B1G.
I like Ole Miss and I've thought they were going to be good since that exhibition game back in November with the Illini. They took Iowa St to the woodshed tonight. That final score is deceiving. They were up by 25 pts and completely emptied that arena. I really like their experience. I think they will give Michigan St a run for their money. I think that's your only current cinderella so to speak given their lack of success in the NCAA tournament.
Shoutout to their section of fans as well. They were engaged/loud/chanting pretty much the entire game. It was the only section with their fans from what I could tell and I hope it came off well on TV b/c they brought energy
Shoutout to their section of fans as well. They were engaged/loud/chanting pretty much the entire game. It was the only section with their fans from what I could tell and I hope it came off well on TV b/c they brought energy
Muck Fichigan
Zorak
- Naperville
I will be rooting for both teams to get violently ill and the MSU/Ole Miss winner to the Final Four by default.
Out of all the sweet 16 teams, only 5 teams, Alabama, Houston, Tennessee, Duke and Purdue, also made it last year. It really shows how hard it is to make it to the second weekend consistently.
Goillinikobd
- Southeastern US
Arkansas, MSU, Duke, and Tennessee
What if I told you 12/16 are within the top 20 of nil budgets this year?
OrangeBlue98
Iowa is not in a great spot right now (LvilleILL1)
- Des Moines, IA
Pretty simple for me - I'm rooting against Pearl and Sampson. This season has already been disappointing. Seeing either one of them winning a national title pretty much pushes me over the edge and supports anything that will win Illinois a national championship. Don't really care about morals or ethics anymore - I'm tired of Illinois being the only program adhering to an ethical code. Winning matters. How you get there really doesn't concern me anymore.
Are we one of the 8 top 20 budgets that didn't make it? Or is our NIL lower than top 20?
Makes me want to know which four Teams/Coaches are outside the top 20 in NIL but made it to the S16 ?
My guess: Houston, Ole Miss, Purdue and... have no clue on the 4th
Only 4 conferences involved. 4 Big12 and 1 ACC.
Early in the season my concern about our team was based around our athleticism. We had enough size and skill, but did we have enough athleticism?
Most players on Kentucky were like Morez and Tre, but we only have those 2.
As you look at those 16 teams, who is the 24-25 Illini more athletic than?
Most players on Kentucky were like Morez and Tre, but we only have those 2.
As you look at those 16 teams, who is the 24-25 Illini more athletic than?
Part of me wants to watch a UM / MSU Elite 8 game. And the twitter experience would be amazing.
But then one of them would make a Final Four.
Tough spot.
But then one of them would make a Final Four.
Tough spot.
pruman91
- interviewing new NL's daily....I really really am
we beat 3 of the remaining teams left in the tourney.....scUM , Arkansas and purdont......
we lost to 6 teams still left..........msu twice , twerps twice.......bama.......tenn....puke and uk...............
we still have a long way to go to reach the pinnacle of success we all want to be at........
we will never do that with 2 rookie outmatched AC's and if they are allowed to return to their positions next year then I will be very disappointed in whoever we bring in from the portal not because of the athlete's ability but because of TU and Hamer's lack of ability to perform their jobs as needed for us to advance to a Final Four status....
If I'm JW I have a serious heart to heart talk with BU and tell him directly and to the point that I am going to make changes in those 2 coaches positions.........If BU doesn't like it then that's too bad but that's what I'm doing ..........
We will never win big with a frosh ladened inexperienced team with inept first year AC's no matter how good the players we bring in are..............Someone has to take control of this out of balance situation and I hope JW does just that........how much better would the season been if we had had established and experienced AC's manning those positions instead of two out of their league coaches like TU and Hamer.......
We hear all the time about " the ball don't lie " on bad calls by refs.......Well , " the season's W-L record don't lie " with those 2 mistakes on the coaching side ................................JMHO.........................
we lost to 6 teams still left..........msu twice , twerps twice.......bama.......tenn....puke and uk...............
we still have a long way to go to reach the pinnacle of success we all want to be at........
we will never do that with 2 rookie outmatched AC's and if they are allowed to return to their positions next year then I will be very disappointed in whoever we bring in from the portal not because of the athlete's ability but because of TU and Hamer's lack of ability to perform their jobs as needed for us to advance to a Final Four status....
If I'm JW I have a serious heart to heart talk with BU and tell him directly and to the point that I am going to make changes in those 2 coaches positions.........If BU doesn't like it then that's too bad but that's what I'm doing ..........
We will never win big with a frosh ladened inexperienced team with inept first year AC's no matter how good the players we bring in are..............Someone has to take control of this out of balance situation and I hope JW does just that........how much better would the season been if we had had established and experienced AC's manning those positions instead of two out of their league coaches like TU and Hamer.......
We hear all the time about " the ball don't lie " on bad calls by refs.......Well , " the season's W-L record don't lie " with those 2 mistakes on the coaching side ................................JMHO.........................
foby
- Bonnaroo Land
KenPom might be onto something... 15 of the Sweet 16 are in the top 24 in his rating. (We fittingly ended up at 17)
Arkansas is the only outlier, and from a talent standpoint, they aren't a fluke.
Arkansas is the only outlier, and from a talent standpoint, they aren't a fluke.
SuperMetroid
- Evanston
This has been a steaming turd of a tournament. As long as it's not Michigan, couldn't care less who wins it all.
There's a very strong chance that Duke ends up with the most likeable coach in the Final 4.
Scheyer as a coach is way more likeable than he was as a player imo
Not sure what it is... maybe he just makes less funny faces while coaching lol
Bigtex
- DFW
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