It'll be interesting to see where late action on the UConn game lands. I honestly don't know how it can land on Illinois, at all. Like at all. This is like Nick Saban going up against Kalen DeBoer. You're going to tell me the team with Hurley as coach, multiple players with NC experience, with the best big in the tourney peaking, with two guys coming off injury, who beat this team earlier in the year, are dogs, you are kidding me. While some close games, this Illinois team was 4-5 before the big dance. I don't want to hear how they are "peaking" because they beat one team seeded higher than 9. Nevermind the fact their style walks right into our hands, that we are 21-0 in games with an O/U under 142, have multiple defenders that can handle their best player, etc. Late dump on UConn in this one.
Doooooomed.
Optimism here getting me more nervous than anything else
This pisses me off. Talking about UConn like they don’t deserve to even be here? With our non conference? Plaster that up on that board.
Some folks are just idiots.
Clearly trying to get callers on the show and trying to go viral. Anyone who says we don't deserve to be here is an idiot. Got into the sweet 16 with our pg on the bench. Some people had us losing to UCLA, most had us losing to Michigan State and no one had us beating Duke. Can't pick against us then say we don't deserve to be here, you can't have it both ways.
He's not saying they're not good enough to be here. He's saying it was a miracle play and shot that got them here. I have no problem with it. Whatever, some guy's prediction on a Chicago radio show? Who cares?
He said they don’t deserve to be here that’s different than saying it was a lucky play. It’s called March Madness for a reason there’s always elements of luck. I don’t really care either but hopefully it provides some bulletin board material for Hurley not that I necessarily believe in bulletin board material but it can’t hurt.
Yea but they beat a 9 seed. Switch draws and we’re probably still here. His point was definitely that we’re lucky to be here while Illinois deserves to be here.
Renovations are happening at Gampel so believe it's happening at Morrone
Listen again. He called the shot a "fluke". Whatever.
Yea fluke insinuates we don’t deserve to be here. Beating one team above a 9 seed while we beat 3 including the number one overall seed is what’s the fluke.
it's still a dumb as fk take because we used the miracle play to beat DUKE and duke is far better than illinois. the methodical comeback over the second half is also not luck. if anything we were unlucky with our shooting otherwise it would be a more comfortable win
That was something else
