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Where does the Illinois basketball program "belong?"
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<blockquote data-quote="Fighter of the Nightman" data-source="post: 1193007" data-attributes="member: 590800"><p>This. We have demonstrated three times (late '40s and early '50s which isn't relevant but still, the '80s and the first half of the 2000s) that it's possible - actually, not even that hard - to put a consistently excellent product on the court at Illinois. As I've seen said elsewhere, our last four coaches before Groce each won at least one Big Ten title. Three of them earned a No. 1 seed, and three made it to at least one Elite Eight, with two making the Final Four. We've been one of the most self-sustaining programs (i.e., not totally reliant on one legendary coach) in the country during the modern era, and while we should always consider circumstances and keep perspective, I don't see why consistent excellence should ever be replaced as the program's goal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fighter of the Nightman, post: 1193007, member: 590800"] This. We have demonstrated three times (late '40s and early '50s which isn't relevant but still, the '80s and the first half of the 2000s) that it's possible - actually, not even that hard - to put a consistently excellent product on the court at Illinois. As I've seen said elsewhere, our last four coaches before Groce each won at least one Big Ten title. Three of them earned a No. 1 seed, and three made it to at least one Elite Eight, with two making the Final Four. We've been one of the most self-sustaining programs (i.e., not totally reliant on one legendary coach) in the country during the modern era, and while we should always consider circumstances and keep perspective, I don't see why consistent excellence should ever be replaced as the program's goal. [/QUOTE]
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