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General Category => Fighting Illini Basketball Forum => Topic started by: OskeeWowWoe on March 24, 2024, 05:21:35 AM

Title: Let's Enjoy This Week
Post by: OskeeWowWoe on March 24, 2024, 05:21:35 AM

After many years of heartbreak, Illinois makes the Sweet 16 and we should savor the moment.  I don't want to say the program has been cursed, but we have a long, tortured history of underperforming in the tournament.  Our Final Four teams (1989 and 2005) were #1 seeds and favored, so even those ended up leaving a bitter taste.

We have played to our seed, and it's house money now.   There's no shame if we lose to higher seeded Iowa State or UConn, but I like our chances.  After watching us demolish Duquesne, they can't be happy about the prospect.

Title: Re: Let's Enjoy This Week
Post by: ILLINICHIEF on March 24, 2024, 10:50:06 AM

This sounds very similiar for some reason....

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/college/iowa-state/cyclone-insider/2024/03/24/iowa-state-basketball-transfers-key-sweet-16-success-cyclones-curtis-jones-keshon-gilbert-tre-king/73063974007/

Should be a very good-great game. IF, IF, IF, we rebound to the tune of 35-45 (depending on shooting % of course), and we get points in the paint early and often, we win this game.

Iowa State just stole a player from Wisky (TSJ size) 6'6" and 210 out of the same high school as Haliburton went too.

ILLINI 88 Iowa State 77

Title: Re: Let's Enjoy This Week
Post by: Reacher on March 24, 2024, 08:49:45 PM

It’s been a good year. A trip to the Elite 8 makes it a great year.