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3. That’s the Magic Number
Our recent lot in NCAA Tournament life is pretty simple. If we make the tourney we live in the top half (seeds 1, 4, 5, 8,9, 12, 13, and 16) of the bracket. Dating back to the Flying Illini, in our last 21 NCAA appearances we’ve been in
Gloryhammer
We beat Ohio State. We go to the Irish pub across the street and celebrate St. Patrick's Day unofficially. And then Tyler, Carmen, and I walk back to our hotel past the Skyway Theater where the Gloryhammer concert is just letting out. It was a perfect moment. This
Up To Speed - March 15, 2024
I'm in Minneapolis. I don't think I've tweeted that or written about it, but I'm here. Tyler, Carmen, and I drove up yesterday morning. Tyler and I went to the Ohio State-Iowa game last night to do some scouting.
My takeaway: Ohio
One Man Mock Committee
You have questions about what might happen if a bunch of SEC teams are seeded on the 4-line with us. Does that affect our potential matchups since those teams can't meet in the second round? Yes. How does that work? Let's find out together.
And I
Where Do We Stand? March 12th
The final WDWS of the year. I won't write one next week because the NCAA Committee will tell us exactly where we stand this Sunday at 5:00 pm. It won't matter what I think or what KenPom thinks or what anyone else thinks. The Committee
State Farm Center West
I don't mean that as some kind of "we own this place" jab. Like, "this might as well be our home court." It very simply means that Illinois announced on February 6th that every remaining game was sold out, a bunch of Illini fans