Illinois will now return five players who averaged 17.2 MPG or more from last season's team that reached the Final Four.
An incredible level of retention in Champaign.
A NHL Playoff game in Montreal at the Bell Centre puts the Super Bowl, College Football Playoff, Final Four, NBA Finals, College World Series, & the World Series to shame! #GoHabsGo
Brad Underwood has said previously that the path to making it to a Final Four was to just keep chipping away & make tournaments.
Tonight, his reward. Celebrate Champaign.
The Illinois Fighting Illini are going to the Final Four for the first time since 2005!
#Illinois just had the most efficient offensive half in the 30-year history of KenPom's tracking of the stat...in all of college basketball, according to the broadcast.
KYLAN BOSWELL OMG
The Illinois Fighting Illini scored their most points this half (54) and have taken a 20-point lead into the half for the SECOND TIME this season
I asked 100 D1 college basketball coaches who they think the nation’s best player is. Results:
Cameron Boozer, 30 votes
Keaton Wagler, 27 votes
Darryn Peterson, 26 votes
AJ Dybantsa, 8 votes
JT Toppin, 6 votes
Boopie Miller, 1 vote
Joseph Tugler, 1 vote
Ven Allen-Lubin, 1 vote
When we’re talking about those “teams that can be there at the end” in CBB, if you previously didn’t have Illinois on that list, they should be on that list. The Illini have won 11 in a row with back-to-back weekend road victories at Purdue and Nebraska. So impressive.
Now before people say the Big 10 is over rated and Ohio State is a joke keep in mind Ohio State hasn’t won the Big Big 10 in 100 years. They are a mid tier team in our conference. They always lose big games. That’s what they do.
"If you gave (Iowa DC) Phil Parker the roster in Athens or the roster in Tuscaloosa, he would get the same exact if not better production."
@AaronTaylorCFB on @HawkeyeFootball's defense 😤
9 years ago today, Jake Arrieta hit a 3-run home run off Madison Bumgarner to give the Cubs the lead in Game 3 of the 2016 NLDS 🤯
Arrieta was the first pitcher to homer off Bumgarner in his career.