2026 Elite Eight - Saturday

[Vowelguy]

Guarantee that it’s the 12th or 13th player. No skin off Dusty’s nose.
But if it were a star, he’d be complaining sbout tampering. (And reasonably so)

 

[Vowelguy]

Oh. If we had beaten Marquette, wouldn't UConn have been #1 in the East, and Duke #2? Weren't UConn and Duke the 4th and 5th in the order?

Duke was overall 1.
Uconn was 6 or 7

 

[Rocktheworld]

lol

So setting aside Tennessee, we’ve shot, relative to our opponents, at least 25 less free throws over 3 games than anyone else who is left? About 8 fewer per game, as the lower bound i.e. nothing compared to the 18 fewer per game compared to Duke? Just insane.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Guarantee that it’s the 12th or 13th player. No skin off Dusty’s nose.
But if it were a star, he’d be complaining sbout tampering. (And reasonably so)

Doesn't May have a rep for tampering?

 

[Hamms30]

Guarantee that it’s the 12th or 13th player. No skin off Dusty’s nose.
But if it were a star, he’d be complaining sbout tampering. (And reasonably so)

which is a weird take. Not sure it's in the best interest of my client who's not good enough to start anywhere else, to stay at a Top 10 academic institution on a full ride scholarship with an NIL deal.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Iowa is hanging by a thread. Illinois is the better team, and could go on a 10-0 run at any moment.

 

[blkknight1]

Iowa has the hot shooting going but you can tell that Illinois is wearing them down

 

[Mets1432]

Im not overly impressed with Illinois or Iowa. If we can get past Duke, I would feel very confident vs either one.

 

[gsmooth]

Oh. If we had beaten Marquette, wouldn't UConn have been #1 in the East, and Duke #2? Weren't UConn and Duke the 4th and 5th in the order?

Duke was overall 1.
Uconn was 6 or 7

The prevailing thought among the bracketologists, and what RitzLuce was referring to, was that UConn would be the fourth #1 seed and was going to be in the South over Florida. That changed when UConn slipped on the banana peel disguised as Marquette. Duke had the inside track against UConn before the Marquette loss on being the #1 seed in the East due to their neutral site win over Michigan in February and their bulldozing of the ACC.

 

[superjohn]

Oh. If we had beaten Marquette, wouldn't UConn have been #1 in the East, and Duke #2? Weren't UConn and Duke the 4th and 5th in the order?

Duke is #1 overall seed.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Why is Illinois even taking 3's with their domination on the boards? Just punch it in and just keep shooting until it goes in. Iowa can't get a rebound.

 

[champs99and04]

Iowa basically purchased Drake's entire program. Meanwhile, Illinois is winning with a bunch of dudes from Montenegro and Croatia plus Peja Stojakovic's kid who's somehow on his third school in three years.

This isn't the sport it used to be.

 

[Revrat]

im trying to figure out what the heck the refs are going to call or not call. its different every minute.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Illinois beating Iowa 32-16 on the boards. It is impossible to beat anyone with that differential.

 

[RuffRuff]

Ivisic is a big mofo. The only thinking holding Illinois back from being a real contender is coaching. They have they have the roster. Not sure what they don't have.

 

[superjohn]

Ivisic is a big mofo. The only thinking holding Illinois back from being a real contender is coaching. They have they have the roster. Not sure what they don't have.

How are they not a real contender?

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Ivisic is a big mofo. The only thinking holding Illinois back from being a real contender is coaching. They have they have the roster. Not sure what they don't have.

They are about to make the Final Four. There isn't anything holding them back.

 

[WestCoastHusky]

What's the difference between this , Illinois team vs the one we beat? Remember they added someone mid season after we beat them.

 

[RuffRuff]

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What's the difference between this , Illinois team vs the one we beat? Remember they added someone mid season after we beat them.

A bunch of giant euros that can shoot. They didn't have one on that team.

 

[ec33]

Im not overly impressed with Illinois or Iowa. If we can get past Duke, I would feel very confident vs either one.

I'm very confident right now. In a few days? Less so as it becomes a reality.

 

[superjohn]

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A bunch of giant euros that can shoot. They didn't have one on that team.

They've had the same roster all season.

 

[WestCoastHusky]

Iowa really needs a rim protector. No way Illinois can drive like that against us.

 

[blkknight1]

And that’s the game. That airball was their last chance.

 

[REB1094]

Was funny after Wagler hit the dagger FTs the announcers were talking about the last time each team was in the elite 8. “Illinois got demolished by UConn”

 

[aceboon]

Iowa had a nice run but I had zero interest in watching them in a Final Four so this result is good with me

 

[lateralous]

TBS announcers just referenced us “obliterating” Illinois the last time they were in the elite 8

 

[BugsyCT]

TBS announcers just referenced us “obliterating” Illinois the last time they were in the elite 8

They know - these same announcers did that game.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

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A bunch of giant euros that can shoot. They didn't have one on that team.

Not true. There are no key contributors that didn't play against us.

Why do you frame things like this? The implication of your post is that UConn beat a lesser Illinois team. Are you just trolling the board?

 

[SL Husky]

There will be a lot of Illinois fans in Indianapolis.

 

[superjohn]