Nothing But ‘Paign

Brad Underwood addresses the crowd in Champaign: "We're gonna turn Indy orange... and we're gonna kick everybody's ass there"

@Merczye @Salttown @GoodmanHoops Exactly 🤣🔥

@Salttown @NothingButPaign @GoodmanHoops We’re in the final four we could care less right now🤣

Illinois ends a 21-year Final Four drought with the win over Iowa. The job Brad Underwood has done in Champaign is really, really impressive. There was a stretch in which the program only went to tourney 4 times from 2008-20.

Here's my question and Underwood's answer at the postgame press conference. I don't say this much but... this one is a must-watch:

Brad Underwood on making his first Final Four: "I'm gonna get emotional, but I've been doing this 39 years. You dream about this as a kid. I dreamt about doing it at Illinois, when my wife bought Tyler, who was maybe 2, a Brian Cook jersey. It's always been a special place. There's been no other thing for me. This is my dream job."

@Salttown @GoodmanHoops Illini had to play a team full of players that went to fake classes and had people write papers for them so they could focus strictly on basketball 😂🤣 don’t forget about the refs letting James Augustine play a whopping 5 minutes because he breathed on Sean May a couple times.

@GoodmanHoops Do you remember what happened last time? I do.

"IT'S BEEN TWENTY-ONE YEARS FOR THE ILLINI, BUT FINALLY, THE ROAD WILL TAKE THEM TO INDIANAPOLIS! ILLINOIS IS GOING TO THE FINAL FOUR!" Kevin Harlan with the call for TBS. 🏀🎙️ #MarchMadness #NCAATournament

The celebration is ON for Illinois 🤩 #MarchMadness

hell yeah.

ARE YOU WITH US? For the first time since 2005, we're heading to the FINAL FOUR.

FINAL FOUR!!!! WHAT A TEAM!!!!

@stoolpresidente You wouldn’t be surprised if any of the 1 seeds or a 2 seed that’s won 2 national titles in the last 3 years can cut down the nets? Wow Dave. What a take!

This tournament is wide open. It wouldn’t shock me to see any of these 4 teams cut down the nets in Indy Michigan Arizona UConn Duke I don’t think UConn is as good as the other 3 but you can’t ignore the Huskies in the tourney. They are everything Sweet 16 Tommy thinks he is.

@samhuppert This is 🔥

Marquette does a neat thing with their retired numbers where it’s the era of jersey they wore

.@deonthomas25 shares his feelings about Bruce Pearl and how he has come to terms with how Pearl affected his life. Thomas also tells the story of when Pearl apologized to him. It came a couple decades too late for Thomas and did "absolutely nothing" for Thomas.

Dee Brown That guy rocked.

@stopcryingmyson @NextRoundLive Bro, HOF coach because he skirted rules for 20+ years in order to get the best players/make sure said players were eligible no matter what 🤣 He’s a used car salesman and that’s been proven for the last 15 years and has been proven even more during the NIL era

@NothingButPaign @NextRoundLive I mean I don’t agree with his whining but crap coach? lol HOF coach

Reporter: "Is it different in today's game when you have some teams using 23, 24..." John Calipari: "25, 26, 27, beards, kids in the stands, on their 2nd wife. Yeah, this is a little bit different."

@zfristad4 @FanboyCarp Don’t forget about the catharsis

@FanboyCarp Can’t wait for the 200 level next year when we lose to a 500 big team about what the macro means Mike.

That is, without a doubt, the most impressive win of Brad Underwood's tenure. The #Illini were the better team from the jump, and controlled both ends of the court. Better coached, tougher, more talented . . . you name it. What a phenomenal effort from the tip.

ELITE!!!

I’m horny.

@aaron_heisen Is this the dude that quit on Illinois after a semester and kept all the NIL money he made from doing nothing?

UPDATE: #UCLA senior guard Skyy Clark will seek a 5th year of eligibility. Clark told me he’s been working with the university’s compliance office & assistant coach Nate Georgeton to submit the necessary files to the NCAA. The basis of Clark’s argument is that he played only 13 games during his freshman season at Illinois. There is no specific timeline for a decision, per a school spokesperson. UCLA and Clark will “wait and see.”