Jacob Puls
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Back to the promised land we go #FinalFour
Illinois Men's Basketball@IlliniMBB
We were always a Final Four team.
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Illinois is going to the Sweet 16 for only the second time since 2005, if you can believe it.
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@TheIlliniFN Totally agree, not going to move down up or really at that point anyway
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Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I don’t mind this draw.
If, and that’s an if, you make it past Wisconsin, taking another crack at Michigan can only help the resume.
If we lose, get these guys some damn rest. Boswell’s hand is swelling, Keaton’s shoulder/back isn’t right, etc.
Tom Fornelli@TomFornelli
In your life have you ever seen anything so beautiful?
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@CollegeHoopsTIk what if Boswell doesn’t break his hand? What is Dre doesn’t roll his ankle? The team lost 4 games in OT or buzzer beaters for crying out loud
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Maybe, maybe not.
Brutal truth is no one asked where this Illinois team is if an unheralded freshman didn’t randomly emerge as an All-B1G.
And now that freshman is having good-but-not-great performances, the upperclassman production that didn’t materialized is missed
Austin Burklund@AB1132
Did the Illini peak too early?
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@CollegeHoopsTIk that’s so dumb playing the what if game. You can do that for everybody dude jesus
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@Tdub48864 @itsAntWright WAB and resume metrics are meant for that, they’re going to be 2-3 seeds should they not be? I guess i don’t get your point nobody is saying they are elite. If wins and losses all that matter Miami should be number 1?
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@JacobPuls @itsAntWright You just answered your own question with the beginning of your comment
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@Tdub48864 @itsAntWright I mean they’ve lost close games, it’s not meant to reward wins and losses. Torvik has them top teams too so what’s your point?
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@itsAntWright It’s a shame he hasn’t adjusted his algorithms at all. He used to be unquestionably the best but he got lazy and didn’t want to put in the work of adapting.
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@JWerner247 if they win out it’s 100% they’ll have the purdue tiebreaker
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Purdue's loss at Ohio State significantly helps #illini MBB's chances at a triple-bye in the Big Ten Tournament, but they still need to avoid a tie-breaker with Wisconsin.
If Illinois wins out, it will be in good shape to get a top-4 seed in the conference tournament.
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Remarkable that the AP poll and Coaches poll have 12 of 25 teams in the exact same places, including Purdue (8) and MSU (13). Consider dozens of folks all doing diligent independent analysis, what are the odds?! It's remarkable!
Or maybe we should be referencing this groupthink.
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DOWN GOES ILLINOIS.
Mick Cronin gets his redemption win.
But nobody blows a double-digit lead quite like the Underwoods. Illinois’ woes holding leads continues, limiting their ceiling to a three-seed.
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@takhtehchianmd After Wednesday night the -6.5 opening spread is a little worrisome.
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This is why Las Vegas needs to be boycotted
American is in Vegas at the MGM Grand. He’s in the store inside the casino and shows how much this small candy bar costs
The price on this isn’t just a scam. It should be considered criminal
Vegas has legalized robbery in every sense
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down 2 starters you losers
Wisconsin Basketball@BadgerMBB
“The hair goes home sad, the Badgers go home happy”
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