Vancie17

Elite Eight appearances in my lifetime: 1984 1989 2001 2005 2024 2026

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Welcome to The Longest Day. You have absolutely no idea how slow the clock is going to move today. Having experienced the last game on Sweet 16 Thursday before, let me tell you that the clock will be achingly slow. Deep breaths. Pace yourselves. We can make it through this.

@johnnieO Any Illinois laying around?

Have some extra gear hanging around… everything size large. Any takers? Comment which one you want (Miami, Texas Tech, Mizzou, Bama) and I’ll pick some winners tomorrow

During one of the worst losing streaks of my career, our team president walked into my office. Keli McGregor. One of the best men I've ever known. He could have come to vent. To question my decisions. To ask hard questions. Instead, he said: "Cut to the chase, Clint. What's next?" I looked him in the eye and gave him two words: "Shower well." The Colorado Rockies were struggling badly that year. Pregame preparation was solid. Scout meetings, early work, attention to detail. All of it was there. But at game time, the tires were flat. I told Keli: the game did everything it could to us today. We just couldn't meet its demands. Now it was time to reset. "Shower well" means exactly this: • Watch the frustration circle down the drain • Shampoo, rinse, repeat and get the grime of today completely off your mind • Walk out clean, go home, and actually rest Leave it at the ballpark. The game is over. There's nothing left to solve tonight. Keli nodded. Asked if he could share it with the whole organization. I said sure. And then it hit me. This isn't just for baseball. Bad day at the office. Grumpy boss. Missed deadline. Traffic on the way home. You can carry all of that through your front door. Or you can shower well. I've never seen a single problem get better because someone dragged it home with them. The reset is a discipline. Same as preparation. Same as showing up. Either we win. Or we learn. The only real loss? When you don't take a single thing out of a hard day. So tonight, whatever kind of day it was, shower well. Tomorrow is a new at-bat. What does your reset look like? I'd love to hear it.

Greenville March Madness was a blast. #ILL #famILLy #everydayguys. Go Illini

@tracywolfson Awesome seeing you after the game, thanks for saying HI. Go Illini

Thank You Greenville, that was a blast! You should be an NCAA Tournament site every year. Between the downtown, the parks, the restaurants, the arena and the people it’s the perfect place for basketball fans to come together. Hope to be back soon!

Go Illini

@BBarn64 @IlliniLearfield

Illini vs VCU. Let us know how and where you are listening ⁦@IlliniLearfield⁩ !

@wischlist Will you be in Greenville Saturday?

I picked VCU to upset UNC in this one. I'm not particularly confident about it, but let's see!

@BBarn64 @Learfield La Grange, IL. Have a great broadcast Brian and Deon. Greenville on Saturday

Courtside for Illini vs Penn. Tip about 8:25 pm CT. Remember the Varsity Network App and all of our ⁦@Learfield⁩ radio affiliates for broadcast. Let us know where you are listening !

@Michellek4040 Good luck vs Howard. Very esteemed HBCU school. Dangerous team

It’s 80 degrees so bikinis & basketball #GoBlue

Back in the day when you could only watch one NCAA Tournament game at a time, Tony Petitti and Mike Aresco were two of the three people who determined what game you got to see.

For 20+ years I have made this sheet for the NCAA Tournament, printed it out, and crossed teams out as they get eliminated. Figured I'd share if people would like to do the same. #MarchMadness

@ALionEye 6.2 win shares for Keaton, no one else comes close.

I get that. But you're really just reacting to him being the greatest freshman in Illini MBB history. Better than Douglas in '83, Garris in '94, Cook in '00, Dee in '03, Kofi in '20, or KJ/Will last year. The first Illini consensus All American as a freshman = honored jersey.

@MChipDad @PPistone Nice to finally meet someone from up there. My in-laws live in Vulcan off Lake Louise, so I try to catch one race a summer. Anyone famous ever come out of that track?

@PPistone @ryanjamesvance My home track....Pete you should make the trip....after all the godforsaken snow melts....so maybe July 😉

Question for the short track world - how many season openers are called “The Icebreaker?” - so far I’ve got Dells Raceway Park and Berlin Raceway - who else?

@JeffAgrest It'd be nice to see a Chicago baseball game on at Midway Airport for a change.

Chicago Sports Network is now being distributed by EverPass, which delivers live sports to commercial businesses (i.e., bars, gyms, hotels). CHSN can be streamed by venues in the Chicago market that subscribe to EverPass. CHSN and YES are the first two RSNs to join EverPass.

@jon_greenberg @ByMcCullough The attitudes of team USA through the WBC is a byproduct of modern parenting. Micromanaging every move & correcting every disruption or loud outburst. 🚁 Era. It's one thing to have manners and be kind, but you have to let kids be kids. Be loud, be bold, be excitable. Have joy

.@bymccullough does a good mailbag and I think he makes a fair defense of DeRosa here. If only he had a podcast where he could talk about what goes on outside the scrum...

@RobHartWBBM Might be able to build over it.