Yes, sorry, was trying to decide if this is who I mixed you up with. Apologies in that case.
I agree, just keep us out of that sleepy 11:10-AM or whatever time slot that first game or two fall in. Seems like there is always an upset or two in that earliest slate of games Thursday.
I was pleasantly surprised that they were able to hold Iowa off and convincingly at that. Even when Iowa would get it to with 5 or 6 they weathered it and just really sucked the life out of them for 40 minutes. That said, Illinois has about as much success as Iowa in the NCAA Tournament over the last 20 years or so. Choke artists.
I guess I was responding to the OP who suggested that the entire Big 12 may be over rated this year. I think the Big 12 has proven to be successful in the tourney. I don't think they are over rated. As for ISU, we need to get healthy and get fresh legs somehow before the NCAA tourney starts. I think that will help this team more than anything else.
I think back to the year they had Dosunmo and Cockburn and lost to Loyola in the 2nd round as a 1 seed. They were pretty good that year
Worried you'd be all twisted in a knot about our offensive "woes", while pondering the remarkable Hawk prowess in the NIT
It was a great night on all fronts. I just hope it's a sign of what's to come and not a one off
A single elimination tournament isn’t a good judge of who and who isn’t elite.
Plus too many people do not account for match ups. I'm a big east fan as well but I can't help but laugh at the BE fans that point out their record without mentioning all their teams but UConn have played double digit seeds. Flip side is the mountain west which had to play tougher seeds but people dogpiled on them for their poor record.
right, and the ACC was hot garbage this year. In the tournament, they benefited from a 12 seed and a 14 seed winning. The Big 12 had key injuries. We all know about Kansas, but Baylor was without Langston Love.
