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@MicheleSteele Nothing new x.com/espn/status/16…

That Geno in-game interview was something else… cursed on camera and insulted Dawn Staley.

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Just to be so clear, we stand with Geno, unequivocally

@TreyWallace x.com/nosyone4/statu…

Geno Auriemma, remarks on waiting for Dawn Staley for halfcourt handshake. “For 41 years I’ve been coaching…The protocol is before the game you meet at halfcourt,..They announce it on loudspeaker. I waited there for like 3 minutes. So, it is what it is”

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@SNYUConn Geno has never been and never will be a poor sport, however, Staley has been known to play a certain card if things didn’t go her way. SC won with the help of the refs. and the bricks UConn was throwing. Congrats to them.

"The protocol is, before the game, you meet at halfcourt, anybody ever see that before? The two coaches meet at halfcourt and they shake hands... they announce it on the loud speaker. I waited there for like three minutes." - Geno Auriemma

@SimsburyJoe @HaterReport x.com/jasonkrump/sta…

@HaterReport That’s not what he said. It’s what she said

Geno said Dawn Staley didn’t shake his hand at the beginning of the game 😭 Bro lied for NO REASON AT ALL LMAOOO Dawn Staley shaking his hand:

@KShermanSports Derek Harper

Without saying Dee Brown or Ayo Dosunmu, name one former #Illini in their prime who you’d love to see play for this year’s team. #FinalFour | #MarchMadness

@MicheleSteele Instead of promoting him after having him in the gym for 10 years, Western hired a high school coach who went 40-104 in the most Western move ever

Enjoyed this entire interview today - including Underwood talking about the decade he was an assistant at Western Illinois, long enough for him to wonder when and if he would ever take that next step. Not only did he do it - his team’s in the Final Four.

@OldTakesExposed FanDuel was taking bets on Illinois/Duke

@wischlist @JonathanKoon1 Last time it broke for us like this was 1997 but we f’d it

@JonathanKoon1 Illinois could reach the national title game without having to face a No. 1 seed.

It feels like things are working out as ideal as possible for Illinois in the tournament this year. As nice as it would’ve felt initially to be in the Midwest region, the path we’ve ended up with seems the most ideal and honestly may have been a blessing in disguise as we seem to play better further from home in road environments with Underwood anyway like what we faced vs Houston. Penn without Ethan Roberts and TJ Power coming off sickness. VCU upsetting North Carolina then starter Nyk Lewis going down in the first minute. Matchup vs a Houston defense that had played significantly worse vs top 25 teams (outside the top 40) and a team that hadn’t beat a top 15 NET or KenPom opponent all season. Iowa upsetting Florida and Nebraska for us. UConn upset vs Duke and allowing for a rematch. And we’re now initially favored by sportsbooks to beat UConn. And a path that involves beating Fran McCaffery, Kelvin Sampson, Iowa, potential revenge vs Dan Hurley and UConn, and potentially revenge vs Michigan. All while Bruce Pearl has to sit in the studio and talk about this great Illini team. Just wow.

@RealShelfy He’s so used to making bad calls on purpose against anybody who stands up to him, and now he’s going to get badly embarrassed for it.

Absolutely electric lmao CB Buckner noticeably annoyed when he tapped the 2nd time only to be wrong again and listen to 40,000 people cheer for his incompetence 😂

@itsAntWright @ArmchairIllini All Regional Team MVP, Keaton Wagler (Illinois) Bennett Stirtz (Iowa) David Mirkovic (Illinois) Pryce Sandfort (Nebraska) Andrej Stojakovic (Illinois)

(📸 @ArmchairIllini)

Andrej and Wagler filled it up but my South Region MVP for Illinois

@reannadilley @LangmanVince

@LangmanVince OMG He looks like the alien in a skin suit from Men in Black😭

Every time I see a video of Robert De Niro pretending to be a tough guy, I remember this photo 😂😂😂

@itsAntWright The officiating was bizarre in the second half

Dahmer met his end in a prison gym. Even in prison, criminals are not on the same echelon, and all crime carries different weights. 🎬🍿

@OvertonCroomes I fell asleep. Did Houston ever do anything?

I’m ready for theses Illinois fans to change their tweets from basketball to them complaining about the TSA lines tomorrow 🤣 Theses mfs worse annoying

@byalexwallner @joelthemingway @wischlist They don’t even know the rules. It’s not up to the officials to make sure you have 5 on the floor.

Anyone else not understand what the “analysts” in this studio were talking about? Unprepared crew, if you ask me. @joelthemingway @wischlist

@JWerner247 Illinois didn’t foul all game so they just decided to stop calling fouls on Houston because Sampson was bitching

#illini coach Brad Underwood with a long chat with the refs after Keaton Wagler fell to the floor after his deflection. Illini staff making the case he got a forearm shiver out of bounds.

@itsAntWright Is it possible the Big is actually pretty good this year?

Illinois is just a much better team. Period.

@AMB8471 @BrandonStraka 0/100 rage bait

@BrandonStraka I don’t see a stop sign for the SUV. Can a pedestrian just walk into the street with no crossing signal of traffic control device? The driver fled because he has no insurance and didn’t want their life ruined because a couple idiots can’t stay out of the street

🚨 Two girls, ages 6 and 15, are in critical condition after being struck by an SUV while walking to school.

@chillsonwilson @JustinbFrommer Yes. visitindy.com/directory/cana…

@JustinbFrommer Is there one in Indianapolis? Trying to check off the March Madness canals

Oh no, Houston has a canal, too