So, other than the fact USC is in the sweet 16 and Illinois is not, why do you think they are a better team. The fact they destroyed the worst Kansas team in over a decade? Is Colorado a better team than USC? They beat USC 3 times. But Colorado isn’t in the sweet 16.
I don't disagree about being patient with a coach so they can get their own guys in there, it is just interesting that 14 years went by and really didn't have much success. With Loyola, he found success in year 7. Now he is regarded as one of the best coaches out there. It's a great story. I just wish the story played out at ISU.
Let’s not forget the very favorable seeds the Big Ten received as well. Seeds designed to give them the easiest possible path to the Sweet 16.
I guess since they will not play, we can only go by opinion. I’m too lazy to go back and research, but guessing you said “no way” Loyola beats Illinois. Big Ten is way overrated & overseeded!
I think it's more about the matchups. DU "probably" has little chance against U of I, but on any given nite you never know. LU matches up better with the Illini, and it showed. Yes, B10 was overrated/overseeded, same as B12. Pac 12 was probably underrated/underseeded. This season was just a mess with non-conf opportunities. It's an asterisk year, imo.
Thanks for the research Madbird. Some of the big 10's wins at the time turned out being duds. According to seeding, their best win turned out being no better than an 8 seed. Even though the eye test supports their talent, mathematically it does not. I know it was "difficult to schedule" this year and your question to "how many non-con games were scheduled" is always what keeps the mid-majors out of the tournament. However, in the big 10's case, it was a reason to get more of their teams in. Just my biased opinion.
I agree FSU will have a good shot at beating Michigan (Livers is out for Michigan), but Drakes team was depleted
Muller is way, way, way too smart to watch any other teams/programs and learn anything. He's got it all figured out and needs no help. He's smarter than everyone.
I guess they should have just quit! That seems to be the thing these days!
I’ve seen nothing from the tournament results that indicates anything other than the Big Ten is overrated. And from what I saw from Illinois, and the discipline that Drake plays with, Drake would give the Illini a game. As I stated before, they are not playing so who would win will remain unknown.
When did I call Kansas horrible? I said it was the worst Kansas team in over a decade. They fell out of top 25 in feb which is unheard of at Kansas. So you took that out of context.
The Drake comment was for CaliRdBrd.
Anytime you beat a team by 34 in the second round is impressive. But am I going to say USC is better than Illinois because of that game. No. Kansas took a couple of beatings this year. One time at home to a Texas team (worst loss at home during Self era) that was taken out by a 14 seed. Kansas got their 3 seed based off their Baylor win. And that was a Baylor team playing their second game after a layoff from covid.
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Curious. Did the reporter ask anything about how they came up with that $ figure?