Nick Curran

@PawsUpCoogs Seems like Illinois had the easiest path to the Final Four, no? BTW, Iowa is tough and obviously far from a pushover

Wow man. Having this happen in our city just plain sucks. We had the easiest path to the Final Four. Even with elite defense, it couldn’t make up for the nonexistent offense. You need to be able to get dirt cheap buckets in tough stretches if you want to win a natty.

@All_Things_Mavs Stirtz is an interesting prospect

Dallas lands in the 5-8 range They draft one of Kingston/Acuff/Mikel/Wagler Warriors land in the 11-14 range Warriors are in win-now mode with Steph & Jimmy Call them up Offer Gaff or PJ, #30 & #48 Draft Philon/Stirtz/Burries Two swings at cleaning up the guard rotation

@ktausk13 Let's hope a Big Ten team makes it out of the regional

The Big Ten Regional

@dalton_trigg Acuff's defense terrifies me. I would not draft him.

Yep… great year to have a top-10 pick. For PG, I’d still take Flemings over Acuff if both are on the board when Mavs pick, but no matter what they’re getting a really good player to pair with Coop.

@JWerner247 To one of BU's points - Whitman is awesome. Dude bleeds Illini. Truly cares about every Illini team. Best AD in the country, hands down.

Asked #illini coach Brad Underwood what it means to make Sweet Sixteens a more regular occurence with #illini. "It's why I came here. It's why I'm still doing it. ...That's what drives me. That's everything that drives me. The first day I feel like we can't win a national championship, they need to hire somebody else or I need to retire or go do that. But we're in that mix."

@ryanhammer09 Great game

Vandy/Nebraska has been so easily the best game of the tourney (ending TBD)

@Isaac__Trotter Tanner was great

Vanderbilt-Nebraska has EVERYTHING 1. Crowd is 11/10 2. Berke Buyuktuncel is ready for a fist-fight with Devin McGlockton 3. Also a matchup of the best two athletes you can find at 6-0 or shorter in Tyler Tanner and Sam Hoiberg

@DrHoodieMaddog This is 💯 the right approach. The better the Big Ten does, the better it is for Illinois.

This may be a hot take, but I support our in conference opponents during the NCAA tournament

@mrwagner25 He was really good. Love a confident Tomi

Tomislav Ivisic with 14 points and 11 rebounds. His first double-double since Feb. 10 against Wisconsin. #illini are 1:07 from the Sweet 16.

@Jeffperdew @davidfholt @Sean_Callahan Lol

@davidfholt @Sean_Callahan Nashville closer than Lincoln. Vandy should be disappointed in their fan base.

The record books will state this NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament game between Nebraska and Vanderbilt occurred at a “neutral site.” Tell that to the Commodores. OKC: Enjoy this video of something you’ll rarely see… A full house in downtown OKC loudly united behind one team… that is not from Oklahoma. Nebraska fans: Safe travels home Sunday. We are grateful to have been the home of your newest core memories. And thanks to the NCAA, all eight teams and their fans, and everyone who made this weekend possible!

@Cory_Mose Wasn't this guy 3-11 from the free throw line against BYU?

Thought this was interesting in the postgame presser... Matas Vokietaitis was asked about facing Graham Ike and his answer was straight forward "First of all, I don't really care who I'm playing against...In my eyes I'm the best big man in the country" Watch how Dailyn Swain nods in approval, almost like he's been waiting for Matas to talk his stuff Then coach Miller doubles down and makes sure the reporter heard his answer Confidence is at an all-time high for UT's star big man #HookEm | #Texas

@noahweber00 Gimme Naji in that match up

Isaiah Jackson shoved Naji Marshall, and a brief scuffle followed. Both players were given technical fouls. Looks like Jackson was telling Marshall to meet him in the back by this clip.

@MarkPotash I will never get over 2005. Highway robbery

With a 15-0 edge in free throw attempts vs. VCU tonight, Illinois is still far from even with NCAA tournament officials: 2001: Arizona 56, Illinois 25 2005: North Carolina 19, Illinois 6 2006: Washington 39, Illinois 11

@ktausk13 He's very good. I don't always like his in-game play calling, but he's a terrific program builder

Hot take: I think Brad Underwood is a pretty damn good basketball coach. Two times in three years among the final 16 programs alive nationally for the first time since 2004-05. Don’t take it for granted.

@JWerner247 I thought the same 😀

Honestly, Tomislav Ivisic was more deserving of a technical for that hang-on-the-rim dunk than RJ Melendez. (Glad they didn't call it) #illini up 71-51 with 3:28 left.

@CollegeHoopsTIk Despite the FT disparity, there were several calls against Illinois that were terrible; looked like an effort to try even out the number of calls made against each team.

To the VCU fans that are inevitably going to complain about free throw disparity, I say this respectfully as a Big Ten account. Illinois is known for not fouling. They’re one of the best teams I’ve ever seen at going straight up.

@PFGNathan He's really good in his role and very important to their success

Ben Humrichous has really evolved into an elite glue player. For a guy that took a lot of criticism for not living up to the shooter/ scorer he was recruited to be, his defensive leap has impressed me a lot. He does all the small things so, so well.

@iam_johnw He's a menace

Jeremy fears barely gets touched and he went flying lmao this dude needs to stop

@jrichardgoodman I know this is probably wrong, but I'm actually more comfortable with the guys from about 4-10 than 1-3. The ceilings for 1-3 seem higher, but I feel like there's some bust potential for all of them, too.

I'm probably on an island but I'm taking AJ over Boozer 👊

@TheFieldOf68 I'm not sure what he means

Tom Izzo on the state of coaching in CBB: "I respect the guys that have left. I understand why some of them did. But my boss told me a long time ago, your job is to be a steward of the game. I don't think right now enough coaches are standing up to be stewards of the game"