The older I get, the less I am so enamored with getting "deep" into the tournament. Don't get me wrong as a lifelong CUB fan, winning a Championship is an amazing feeling, and I would want nothing less than to see our beloved ILLINI finally win one in my lifetime.
That said, this years games have been amazing to watch each one....far more exciting for the most part, and I have the same hope as in 89-05. Each game is building more and more hope, and at the end of 89-05 after my initial shellshock of losing a C-Ship game, I realized how lucky as a whole being a ILLINI basketball fan I am. Especially now, the Underwoods, Antigua, Alexander and others have made our teams routinely year in and year out a favorite to do good-great things.
Overall, I would rather have that hope and excitement every year, rather and than JUST a 1 time C-Ship win IF I had to choose. Hopefully we don't have to choose, but if so, well we as ILLINI fans are living some of our best fandom lives right now. Thank you ILLINI for every win, and every hope.
We all have lived though game in and game out agony of basketball, those were some Groce years LOL....
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