There were at least as many Illini fans in Bridgestone last night as there were Tennessee fans it might’ve even been close to 2/3 Illinois fans. Granted they’ll probably show up more for football than they do for basketball, but they’ve been a better basketball school lately. It was pretty awesome as we were walking down the stairs on the way out, the whole place was screaming ILL INI. Saw one of my buddies from back home on the Jumbotron, texted him, was able to get together with their crew for drinks afterwards. There is a section of Broadway that’s barricaded off on the weekends and it was just a throng of orange clad Illini fans chanting. Lots of ILL and INIs ringing out from balconies and bars as the mob passed. Pretty cool. Probably the most fun I’ve had at a basketball game since Wake in 04.