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Looking a Swwet Sixteen matchup with Houston or Iowa State*

Posted by GMAW

on March 15, 2026, 17:09:32, in reply to "Official Selection Sunday thread."

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I’m irritated at myself for being disappointed at a 3 seed, so I’m done with it. Stupid perspective.

Let’s get excited about seeing our name high up on the brackets. One of the best days of the year!

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Official Selection Sunday thread. - voiceofreason March 15, 2026, 10:03:30

With Keaton now 2nd team AA on Sporting News and AP, does that mean rafters?* - OWWDig Today, 12:11:23
- ooo - jdl Today, 12:12:40
  - Thanks. For some reason, I thought someone had said making 2nd team on at least 2 o the 4 - OWWDig Today, 12:18:07
    - Isn't it whatever the definition of consensus is? A majority of the accepted voting... - uofi1998 Today, 15:20:33
      - Why does JDL even post here?* - Chuck Woodaby Today, 15:24:11
        
        He is too lazy to read links * - jdl Today, 17:36:48
        
        That's giving me way too much credit.* - uofi1998 Today, 17:39:41
        
        I've got him on ignore... been waiting for you to jump in* - uofi1998 Today, 15:30:56
      - Consensus is the top 10 vote getters in the 4 AA lists. 3 pts for 1st team, 2 for 2nd, 1 for 3rd* - OWWDig Today, 15:23:43
Remind me: Does our late round 1 time guarantee late round 2 time?* - Carl Spackler Today, 11:33:34
- No. Had late game in 2022 against UT-Chattanooga, and then early game against Houston* - Blazer Today, 13:01:12
  - What a disgusting tourney that was...* - uofi1998 Today, 15:20:50
    - That UT-Chatt game is one of the least enjoyable tournament wins ever* - AintHatin Today, 17:16:50
      - It was horrible but good to see T.O. go home unhappy.* - Warrin'_Illini Today, 17:34:23
      - More enjoyable that the Ut-Chatt tournament loss* - Ron McDon Today, 17:31:13
    - Grandison was an underrated part of that team. His injury impacted that team.* - ATL Today, 17:04:33
      - Trent was a shell too by that point* - Blazer Today, 17:06:12
    - That Chattanooga game might be the most unpleasant basketball experience I’ve ever had* - Blazer Today, 15:27:27
      - The Coleman Hawkins block at the end of regulation in that game. - illinilosch Today, 16:03:38
        
        And even then, after Coleman's block, they had another good look at it - Blazer Today, 17:05:46
        
        That ref's parody account has not forgotten: - Chuck Woodaby Today, 16:11:05
      - same* - illini21 Today, 15:45:38
      - 1996 Chattanooga also on the list. 1987 Austin Peay on the list. 1989 and 2005 FF games... - uofi1998 Today, 15:32:17
- I'm not sure, but I'm glad we won't be playing when I'm at work.* - Warrin'_Illini Today, 11:35:15
- IDK if it changed, but it certainly didn't in 2004. - uofi1998 Today, 11:34:14
  - That ND game still gives me nightmares* - illini21 Today, 12:16:47
    - Like the 2000 Michigan football game... the end of the 2003 season had significant knock-on effects. - uofi1998 Today, 15:19:54
      - I love a good butterfly effect but not sure how either of those games set the programs back. - Chuck Woodaby Today, 16:32:02
        
        I have long believed the 2000 Michigan game swung our program momentum the wrong direction... - uofi1998 Today, 16:35:38
Bama ring girl Sydney Thomas has Bama over Illinois in the title game. - uofi1998 Today, 11:32:53
- cm link - ATL Today, 11:34:14
  - ^mensch* - uofi1998 Today, 11:34:54
- Is their guard who got arrested going to be able to play? He's their best player IIRC.* - Warrin'_Illini Today, 11:34:09
  - you guys aren't going to believe this, but the cops found 0.1 lbs less than the limit to be felony - John Coctostan Today, 13:37:22
    - Shocking… - DocWalk20 Today, 14:04:32
  - Well they played an accessory to murder. This was just weed.* - ATL Today, 11:35:26
    - This kid has already been taken off campus though * - aimlessillini Today, 11:36:58
      - Cross him off, then.* - uofi1998 Today, 11:42:26
    - So we know a felony arrest means little.* - uofi1998 Today, 11:36:45
Wagler 2nd team AP All America * - jdl Today, 11:31:38
- Needs 5/9 or something like that to be consensus and get a banner, right? - uofi1998 Today, 11:33:36
  - Last year it was 7 points, he has 4 now * - jdl Today, 11:36:05
- Nice, officially in the rafters. Wags to Riches.* - Warrin'_Illini Today, 11:33:20
  - From the movie "Greatfellows". * - osklister Today, 15:17:55
- Wait, so gets his jersey in the rafters?* - Carl Spackler Today, 11:33:07
  - I think I'm going to wait 4 days to have an opinion on this.* - Chuck Woodaby Today, 12:11:25
Dave Wischnowsky has deep thoughts. - Poldark Today, 11:27:26
Tiki/LBK. LQQK - TarheelIllini Today, 7:42:52
- Oh my.* - DiamondDazzle Today, 10:33:56
My key is for our coaches to find ways to get some of the pressure off wagler in close games - Taz Yesterday, 18:26:47
- We run offense through Mirk quite a bit - jdl Yesterday, 18:42:37
  - Not typically at the end of close games when we need points. - Taz Yesterday, 18:46:17
    - We ran plays for Mirk in crunch against Maryland and Wisconsin - Blazer Yesterday, 18:49:58
      - Ok, it's not 100% of the time that we play through Keaton. It's still too much, imo - Taz Yesterday, 19:12:30
UIUC E8 +155 - timmer Yesterday, 18:20:34
- +2200 to win - illinibone Yesterday, 18:54:52
Who do you got in the Crown? - biclops Yesterday, 18:13:04
- Probably some Coke Zero.* - JFG Today, 8:41:59
I’ve convinced myself that aside from location, I like our draw clearly better than Purdue’s - meanjeans Yesterday, 17:35:18
- You were also convinced that there was a "good chance" we'd "boat race" Michigan* - ilinni11 Today, 15:50:27
  - How do you guys even remember this stuff and attach it to specific usernames * - meanjeans Today, 16:42:52
- It’s entirely the grizzle talking but I’m actually nervous about the Penn matchup - Blazer Yesterday, 18:48:34
  - 38% from 3 is terrifying. - uofi1998 Today, 11:35:52
    - Crazy things can happen but -24.5 is a massive spread. Would take a disaster to lose this* - OB25 Today, 12:02:24
  - I think we will murder them in the paint with Mirk and Dre. Interestingly, Penn and VCU - voiceofreason Yesterday, 21:07:33
    - That’s just it. Neither team gets to the rim, at all - Blazer Yesterday, 22:12:40
- This is one of the few times where I think it is really simple - do we rebound - Desert Yesterday, 18:47:20
- Counterpoint argument: we are completely fucked against Houston. Flemings is maybe the single worst - meanjeans Yesterday, 18:06:48
  - The turnover stat seems like a positive for us. - OB25 Yesterday, 18:28:32
    - Fair enough, I like this angle * - meanjeans Yesterday, 20:24:33
    - That was my thought too - Blazer Yesterday, 18:41:27
    - That was my thought. That’s not something we do, so them not providing it to us doesn’t hurt us* - snipes824 Yesterday, 18:37:34
    - Was thinking the same. So we force 4 instead of 7, not an issue.* - Carl Spackler Yesterday, 18:33:48
  - You've got yourself fully convinced Houston is gonna run us by 50, don't you? - Illiniphil Yesterday, 18:15:01
    - Please note that I included a footnote that I’m just making conversation * - meanjeans Yesterday, 19:03:43
  - mogging* - biclops Yesterday, 18:13:42
Will Leitch in The Athletic (gift link) on Bruce Pearl being the face of CBB - ATL Yesterday, 15:42:20
- Pearl is either gonna become another SAS, or a US senator - Sammich Yesterday, 15:49:13
  - SAS?* - TarheelIllini Yesterday, 17:52:17
    - Stephen A Smith* - Sammich Yesterday, 17:54:19
  - The Finebaum/Pearl primary for Tuberville’s seat would’ve been some kind of something* - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 16:00:48
    - Is Tuberville going to run for governor of Alabama? He might have to move there in that case.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 16:16:12
    - Unless he changed his mind and I missed it, Finebaum said he was not running* - bjl63 Yesterday, 16:07:45
      - Yes and neither is Pearl. Both speculated it and then decided against it* - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 16:09:15
- The Hairy backside, maybe* - memyselfandillini Yesterday, 15:44:48
13th in the AP Pole * - jdl Yesterday, 13:32:56
Imagine we start stuffing 3 pointers again this week? - snipes824 Yesterday, 13:11:02
- Tomi is truly the guy who makes us go... everybody else just being themselves... - uofi1998 Yesterday, 13:38:10
  - Here’s a fun stat: in games Tomi has at least 1 assist and 1 made FT we’re 11-1. Otherwise 10-7 - meanjeans Yesterday, 16:55:30
    - well that seems pretty easy* - memyselfandillini Yesterday, 18:23:17
  - He also opens things up for Wagler somehow* - memyselfandillini Yesterday, 16:11:26
  - Yes. If he can hit some shots, and just as importantly grab some rebounds, it changes us* - snipes824 Yesterday, 13:41:11
- yes. hit season avg and they have a good chance.* - Nobster Yesterday, 13:36:54
Bama's Holloway arrested on felony pot charges (Link) - aimlessillini Yesterday, 12:35:19
I do an NCAA player scoring pool like the one we do here for the B1G Tourney - GMAW Yesterday, 11:12:47
Bilas has us in the Final Four and losing to ... Izzo. * - illini Yesterday, 11:11:08
- I’ll take my chances with Izzo in the final four. He’s 1-6 against seeds better than 5, 1-1 against - meanjeans Yesterday, 13:46:12
- losing to Fears would be a real nutpunch* - IlliniOllie Yesterday, 11:32:21
  - wouldn't even be worth the trip* - Sammich Yesterday, 11:34:48
One thing that roughy mentioned that I do think got lost in the shuffle a bit. - OB25 Yesterday, 8:48:04
- Concern with Houston is that we play them in Houston and their athleticism.* - gullit Yesterday, 10:25:42
  - The teams you play in the S16/E8 are going to be good, not saying I would pick us to beat them… - OB25 Yesterday, 10:38:47
    - We play well on the road. Kids get fired up* - memyselfandillini Yesterday, 16:13:51
    - Illinois alums are everywhere, and Houston is easy to get to. - uofi1998 Yesterday, 10:40:21
      - Eh, let’s not kid ourselves, it’ll be a pretty brutal crowd. They’re just as thirsty as us, it will - meanjeans Yesterday, 10:48:08
        
        The Allstate crowd in 2005 is quite possibly the best/loudest tournament crowd ever. - OB25 Yesterday, 11:33:05
        
        And the other 2 teams in the bracket will be rooting for us to beat Houston.* - Illiniphil Yesterday, 20:33:51
        
        I know the geography down there... it's just not the same. Houston is a city/commuter school. - uofi1998 Yesterday, 11:10:33
        
        I hope you’re right. I just mean you have 40,000 students within walking distance coming off a - meanjeans Yesterday, 11:21:25
        
        Not a lot of students will be able to afford those tickets. - Illiniphil Yesterday, 11:33:16
        
        and farther away from Rice, which is the host team :) * - shua Yesterday, 10:55:37
  - that means we got to the second weekend. I'll take it* - cpsteine Yesterday, 10:27:13
Torvik odds - jdl Yesterday, 7:20:47
- Predictive metrics could never fall out of love with us* - CWR10 Yesterday, 8:33:28
- so...if the beloved is to win it all, they have to beat 4 of the 5 with better odds?* - Nobster Yesterday, 8:03:42
  - we have the odds that we do because we have the weakest #1 seed. - VIV Yesterday, 8:54:58
    - i only assume that because i can't recall a tourney where higher seeds - Nobster Yesterday, 13:40:09
  - Sigh, narrator voice * - Sounder Yesterday, 8:11:41
- Duke + Michigan + Arizona = 53.9%, Other 65 teams 46.1%* - Orangeillini Yesterday, 7:31:26
  - so if you want to win your NCAA pool, choose someone that isn't one of those 3. - VIV Yesterday, 8:54:06
    - look at the big brain on VIV* - bucktownillini Yesterday, 9:06:57
Our line is all the way up to -24.5. All other 3 seed spreads are under 20* - OB25 March 15, 2026, 21:34:53
Late game Thursday. 8:25 cst* - Mrap24 March 15, 2026, 19:45:10
- Whoa…my tv guy said we were 11:40 cst on tru* - OWWDig March 15, 2026, 19:47:14
  - A lot of people fell for a fake tweet * - jdl March 15, 2026, 19:48:52
    - I’m seeing that. I’m SO happy I’ll be able to watch on my couch instead of at work* - OWWDig March 15, 2026, 19:56:21
      - Same.* - voiceofreason March 15, 2026, 20:34:00
We are at 8:25 ET on Thursday* - OB25 March 15, 2026, 19:43:17
- a tough day on here for some.* - Ari Gold March 15, 2026, 20:00:44
- Color me shocked. * - uofi1998 March 15, 2026, 19:56:24
- And the “A” broadcast team* - OB25 March 15, 2026, 19:46:23
- I’d think that would eliminate an early game Saturday but who knows* - Mrap24 March 15, 2026, 19:45:48
- Excellent. Duke got the 2:50 eastern slot.* - voiceofreason March 15, 2026, 19:44:53
I wonder what would have happened if we had made it to Sunday against Purdue - Blazer March 15, 2026, 19:23:52
- I’d love to know where we’d have landed if we just won on Friday. - OB25 March 15, 2026, 19:33:45
  - agreed on the first part. not sure about the second.* - Ari Gold March 15, 2026, 20:01:57
Keaton bought the team some Beats headphones. - tvillini March 15, 2026, 19:12:19
- Kylan and Mirk also called the dreaded players only meeting* - Blazer March 15, 2026, 19:14:52
  - Hopefully Kylan leaves the sage at home* - Ron McDon March 15, 2026, 19:18:20
- HEGAWN! - Illiniphil March 15, 2026, 19:13:44
Illini women got a 7 seed will play colorado. 2nd game would be vs Vandy* - Mrap24 March 15, 2026, 19:12:18
I went to five VCU games this year, they have good guards but not at the caliber that have beat us - RVA March 15, 2026, 19:07:13
Bilas just picked us to go to the FF.* - voiceofreason March 15, 2026, 19:00:26
- bilasj! * - jdl March 15, 2026, 19:00:50
  - Hi bilasJ! Welcome back, buddy!* - voiceofreason March 15, 2026, 19:01:25
Not seeing much social media outrage about this bracket - jdl March 15, 2026, 18:30:52
- I think Miami in the play-in is a good compromise by the committee* - Carl Spackler March 15, 2026, 18:42:40
  - Agreed. They deserved nothing more. Maybe less with the way they scheduled.* - voiceofreason March 15, 2026, 18:45:37
  - Also LOL at SMU being 8.5 point favorites in that game* - Carl Spackler March 15, 2026, 18:43:12
    - I’m surprised it isn’t more.* - voiceofreason March 15, 2026, 18:45:04
Game times released sometime late tonight?* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes March 15, 2026, 18:15:21
- Delete - illinifro March 15, 2026, 18:37:19
  - Pretty sure that's not legit* - UIHuskie March 15, 2026, 18:38:46
    - Yep think you are right, somebody please delete* - illinifro March 15, 2026, 19:27:18
    - How bout Hallmark Channel?* - Stu March 15, 2026, 18:56:42
- It was something like 9 or 10 eastern last year.* - voiceofreason March 15, 2026, 18:17:16
are the injured UCLA guys gonna play? - Poldark March 15, 2026, 18:13:07
- Cronin said they both could've played yesterday* - UIHuskie March 15, 2026, 18:17:42
  - I trust Mick to be forthcoming and respectful with the media* - CWR10 March 15, 2026, 18:41:57
We’ll have a massive size advantage v Penn* - GMAW March 15, 2026, 18:13:02
Official seed order - jdl March 15, 2026, 18:09:59
- I liked how CBS put that up next to the teams in their bracket review.* - voiceofreason March 15, 2026, 18:11:07
UNC -2.5 vs VCU* - illini21 March 15, 2026, 18:06:00
So uh, what's houston like - apusikam March 15, 2026, 17:55:34
- I love this Houston graphic of prior teams most like 2025-2026 Houston - illini Yesterday, 14:03:48
- BEAT PENN * - jdl March 15, 2026, 18:06:08
  - Exactly one game at a time.* - nash March 15, 2026, 18:18:14
    - I'm a fan. It doesn't matter. - apusikam March 15, 2026, 18:42:26
      - I was just trolling a little. I have horrible memories of when we lost to Hoston in the 4/5 game - nash March 15, 2026, 19:39:51
- Tomi will have the first negative rebound game in history* - GMAW March 15, 2026, 18:04:51
- I will say that of all the Big 12 heavyweights, they were the least impressive - Blazer March 15, 2026, 18:02:50
- We’re like 3 inches taller than them at every position. That’s not nothing * - meanjeans March 15, 2026, 17:57:18
  - It is when you can’t jump.* - voiceofreason March 15, 2026, 18:13:20
    - Meh. When I turned on the Houston Iowa State game a few weeks ago my first impression was I was - meanjeans March 15, 2026, 18:51:28
- They have an elite guard* - bjl63 March 15, 2026, 17:56:46
I completely forgot to pay attention. did we get thursday or friday?* - snipes824 March 15, 2026, 17:47:51
- Thursday and it will be an early game because Duke has a birthright to primetime* - GMAW March 15, 2026, 17:48:38
  - May be the very first game overall. They won’t rook UNC either. * - uofi1998 March 15, 2026, 17:49:27
    - Good. More rest for Sat* - bjl63 March 15, 2026, 17:55:54
      - [grizzle] THey can catch an early flight home Thursday and save the hotel costs.[/grizzle]* - Illiniphil March 15, 2026, 18:39:26
- Thursday* - illini21 March 15, 2026, 17:48:27
lol IU big timing the NIT: not going to play in the postseason - ATL March 15, 2026, 17:45:03
- FOOTBALL SCHOOL* - WhitmansFolly March 15, 2026, 18:21:01
- They really need to complete their transformation into Nebraska and win the Crown * - jdl March 15, 2026, 18:04:50
  - Well, they've already got the academics to be the next Knebraska.... - osklister Yesterday, 8:55:34
- Pussies* - illini21 March 15, 2026, 17:55:01
- I think you have to be big time to do that.* - SurfTheBoneyard March 15, 2026, 17:51:58
  - You have to obtusely think you are big time.* - voiceofreason March 15, 2026, 18:14:17
Illinois -21.5* - GMAW March 15, 2026, 17:43:44
Whoa, the conference tournaments clearly mattered this year. From the head of the - voiceofreason March 15, 2026, 17:43:43
- Four tournament champs in top 4 West seeds. None in South and Midwest* - LWillhite March 15, 2026, 17:53:12
Never want to hear the BTT doesn’t matter again. * - uofi1998 March 15, 2026, 17:43:21
- Seth and the Media Comms guy for the NCAA have been all over Twitter banging this drum - GMAW March 15, 2026, 17:45:49
  - And yet, there are still teams who didn't benefit from it mattering - Blazer March 15, 2026, 18:05:06
at least the btt thing is settled.* - Ari Gold March 15, 2026, 17:43:18
- Allow me to contradict myself. Is it? - Blazer March 15, 2026, 18:00:36
Another super athletic blue blood in the second round. This’ll go great* - opossum jenkins March 15, 2026, 17:42:57
- Their best player is out for the year.* - Illiniphil March 15, 2026, 17:59:22
- They’re not very athletic.* - OB25 March 15, 2026, 17:45:06
- They don’t scare me. I think they lose in the first round anyway* - illini21 March 15, 2026, 17:43:50
I will take that draw. I think VCU beats UNC - illini21 March 15, 2026, 17:40:14
I can't hate the draw. UNC without their best player is as good as you can hope for* - snipes824 March 15, 2026, 17:37:39
- Limping into the tournament- draw could have been way way worse* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes March 15, 2026, 17:39:18
  - Agree. Seems we got a reasonable draw at this point.* - DocWalk20 March 15, 2026, 17:41:00
- Yeah their kenpom is lower than 3 of the 7 seeds and that number includes his entire season * - meanjeans March 15, 2026, 17:39:05
- And Hubert Davis sucks* - bjl63 March 15, 2026, 17:38:14
Absurd that they’re allowing Pearl to do this on their selection show.* - OB25 March 15, 2026, 17:37:11
- Was he actively stumping for his kid?* - CWR10 March 15, 2026, 18:02:41
- I muted it fairly early* - QcIlliniFan March 15, 2026, 17:39:08
  - I’m in tornado coverage. Haven’t heard a word of the selection show. * - VIV March 15, 2026, 17:40:34
    - Definitely the weirdest selection show experience I’ve had, but I kinda didn’t hate it?* - Blazer March 15, 2026, 17:41:38
Scumbag rooting for scumbag. Checks out* - illini222 March 15, 2026, 17:36:20
How good is UNC without Wilson? Feels like a S16 should happen* - MC March 15, 2026, 17:36:01
- Not very good. But obviously still have talent.* - OB25 March 15, 2026, 17:38:30
Our draw is just fine* - apusikam March 15, 2026, 17:34:53
This region is stacked. * - VIV March 15, 2026, 17:34:42
No chance of either of those 7/10 teams knocking out Houston.* - OB25 March 15, 2026, 17:34:23
BREAK OUT THE FRANCON SCALE!!!!!!!* - voiceofreason March 15, 2026, 17:34:06
Oh good. We play NC as a de facto away game. * - VIV March 15, 2026, 17:33:33
- Nobody to blame but ourselves. * - uofi1998 March 15, 2026, 17:46:43
- Let’s start talking about next season* - Stu March 15, 2026, 17:36:05
- Along with a bunch of 2005 highlights, probably. Barf* - IlliniOllie March 15, 2026, 17:35:55
- then if we advance, Houston in Houston * - jdl March 15, 2026, 17:34:50
  - Perfect. * - VIV March 15, 2026, 17:38:05
- We shit the bed. We could have been Purdue* - Blazer March 15, 2026, 17:34:38
- We play better on the road.* - voiceofreason March 15, 2026, 17:34:31
  - well, that will be put to the test.* - Ari Gold March 15, 2026, 17:35:51
- That’s a solid matchup for us* - bjl63 March 15, 2026, 17:34:25
  - Yep. Especially with their guard out* - DocWalk20 March 15, 2026, 17:35:07
Francon!* - Blazer March 15, 2026, 17:33:27
fran!* - snipes824 March 15, 2026, 17:33:26
FRANCON!!!!!!* - meanjeans March 15, 2026, 17:33:23
we gonna get Fran * - jdl March 15, 2026, 17:32:19
- Fran and hubert - apusikam March 15, 2026, 17:33:58
  - correct. that will be the next game.* - Ari Gold March 15, 2026, 17:35:16
Where is Vandy? That’s more worrisome* - GMAW March 15, 2026, 17:30:50
Iowa State should have requested OKC. - OB25 March 15, 2026, 17:28:21
4 vs FLA* - OWWDig March 15, 2026, 17:27:42
- No. Nebraska is the 4* - GMAW March 15, 2026, 17:28:27
- Nah, 3 v houston* - apusikam March 15, 2026, 17:28:06
Purdue got a GREAT draw* - illini21 March 15, 2026, 17:27:33
- you mean our draw?* - Ari Gold March 15, 2026, 17:34:30
Other than being kind of a road game, UNC is a really favorable 6 seed draw. Assuming we don’t fall. - OB25 March 15, 2026, 17:26:06
- The potential @Houston part is what disturbs me * - QcIlliniFan March 15, 2026, 17:29:40
Virginia just stole a 3 from us or Nebraska* - Blazer March 15, 2026, 17:24:10
- I doubt Nebraska is ahead of us* - QcIlliniFan March 15, 2026, 17:28:19
- Woof * - DocWalk20 March 15, 2026, 17:27:53
- WAB! *shakes fist* - jdl March 15, 2026, 17:27:28
  - which begs the question, could Vanderbilt have passed us? or if not us, maybe nebraska? - snipes824 March 15, 2026, 17:29:29
    - ok phew* - snipes824 March 15, 2026, 17:31:29
    - maybe we are the 5 then - apusikam March 15, 2026, 17:30:13
  - Wet Ass Butthole?* - VIV March 15, 2026, 17:29:01
- Yeah, that’s worrisome* - ilinni11 March 15, 2026, 17:26:18
  - There is absolutely no argument for Nebraska over Illinois* - GMAW March 15, 2026, 17:28:04
    - 9-6 Q1 vs 7-8. I’m not saying it but that’s the argument * - meanjeans March 15, 2026, 17:30:39
      - Neither was I but whatever* - ilinni11 March 15, 2026, 18:29:53
Doubt they’re putting us with Michigan, so Florida it is* - Blazer March 15, 2026, 17:18:35
- Path is Troy/UNC/Houston/Florida* - GMAW March 15, 2026, 17:20:26
  - The thought of Houston disrupting our perimeter and our rebounding us by 15 is not a good one. - voiceofreason March 15, 2026, 17:29:01
  - Probably ok with that,* - apusikam March 15, 2026, 17:21:12
We are probably southeast, right? - apusikam March 15, 2026, 17:18:06
Purdue got our 2. Gonzaga as a 3, dream. Mizzou in St Louis sucks though* - Blazer March 15, 2026, 17:16:07
- We beat Missou in St. Louis by 43 points * - meanjeans March 15, 2026, 17:20:15
  - We did, but neither is the same team st this point* - Blazer March 15, 2026, 17:36:16
- they arent beating purdue in r32. sick to stomach. That was our line and we blew it* - LeatherneckIllini March 15, 2026, 17:17:57
  - Though I would want nothing to do with a potential matchup with Mizzou - Blazer March 15, 2026, 17:20:54
Other than the Miznoz weirdness, Purdue stole the dream draw we were hoping for.* - OB25 March 15, 2026, 17:15:43
- yep and seth davis said this shows conference tourneys matter.* - Ari Gold March 15, 2026, 17:17:06
  - I think a conference tourney where you beat 4 teams including UCLA, Nebraska, and Michigan matters.* - JFG March 15, 2026, 17:19:46
    - meh. they mentioned it being a factor for michigan as well.* - Ari Gold March 15, 2026, 17:55:51
    - The exception that proves the rule?* - DocWalk20 March 15, 2026, 17:30:17
- Jinx* - Blazer March 15, 2026, 17:16:18
We gonna get Tennessee as a 6? Please say no.* - Ron McDon March 15, 2026, 17:15:39
- no.* - Ari Gold March 15, 2026, 17:23:22
- UNC * - jdl March 15, 2026, 17:18:18
  - That would be tough* - JacobRDaugherty March 15, 2026, 17:19:09
wow missouri as a 10 gets st. louis* - snipes824 March 15, 2026, 17:15:28
missouri in st. louis?* - Ari Gold March 15, 2026, 17:14:48
Mizzou gets St Louis. Thats a gift* - UofIL6 March 15, 2026, 17:14:45
- To Purdue maybe * - meanjeans March 15, 2026, 17:16:14
Purdue gets the miracle draw, no one to blame but ourselves * - meanjeans March 15, 2026, 17:14:28
- BYU might come out of that lower half.* - voiceofreason March 15, 2026, 17:16:32
- yup amazing* - LeatherneckIllini March 15, 2026, 17:15:33
Looking a Swwet Sixteen matchup with Houston or Iowa State* - GMAW March 15, 2026, 17:09:32

Other than the Purdue/MSU flip that likely just happened, all top 12 seeds matched the matrix* - OB25 March 15, 2026, 17:09:30
- So does Purdue get St Louis or Buffalo* - Blazer March 15, 2026, 17:10:31
  - Also a chance Iowa State goes to OKC* - OB25 March 15, 2026, 17:11:59
Hey Mick-don't like travelling? How about a trip to Philly in the tourney?* - illini222 March 15, 2026, 17:06:54
- That miserable human deserves everything he gets.* - voiceofreason March 15, 2026, 17:08:34
  - agreed.* - Ari Gold March 15, 2026, 17:13:42
East kind of a group of death* - apusikam March 15, 2026, 17:06:16
Wow, region of death.* - voiceofreason March 15, 2026, 17:06:15
- Duke Kansas Louisville MSU UCLA UConn all in the same region * - meanjeans March 15, 2026, 17:08:14
- Lol* - apusikam March 15, 2026, 17:06:30
Looks like a 2 seed for Purdue* - OB25 March 15, 2026, 17:05:00
- If it’s a 2 seed for Illinois I never want anyone to say the conference tournaments matter* - GMAW March 15, 2026, 17:07:28
  - Update?* - VIV March 15, 2026, 17:35:02
  - They pretty clearly mattered a lot this year* - Blazer March 15, 2026, 17:27:16
  - I will certainly concede the point if that happens* - OB25 March 15, 2026, 17:10:01
- Yeah, stole it from MSU* - Blazer March 15, 2026, 17:06:20
Probably unpopular opinion: the selection show is terrible television - ATL March 15, 2026, 16:49:17
- I’ve got split screen with tornado coverage. Kind of perfect actually* - Blazer March 15, 2026, 17:09:49
  - Totally lost coverage * - VIV March 15, 2026, 17:12:10
- I love it.* - voiceofreason March 15, 2026, 17:05:04
- It’s great other than Seth Davis picking a million upsets that never happen.* - OB25 March 15, 2026, 17:01:56
- it sucks ass. Does ESPN do their own show?* - memyselfandillini March 15, 2026, 16:57:37
  - Not a reveal show but they do have a show from 6-7* - bjl63 March 15, 2026, 17:01:28
- Yeah it's grown terrible to me for the last 5-10 years or so. - illinilosch March 15, 2026, 16:55:55
- Eliminate all team reaction shots* - bjl63 March 15, 2026, 16:53:31
- Annoying when they talk about who could upset who. Don’t care.* - Orangeillini March 15, 2026, 16:52:05
Gawd I hate Satan* - LeatherneckIllini March 15, 2026, 16:46:07
I assume Greenville isn’t close enough to Chapel Hill to restrict UNC from being placed there? - OB25 March 15, 2026, 16:39:24
Glad to not watch Yaxel and Morez celebrate in front of the whole country.* - voiceofreason March 15, 2026, 16:35:26
- Morez or no Morez. Let’s all remember- Fuck Michigan* - HeatMizer March 15, 2026, 16:47:41
- Hopefully just the start of their downfall.* - Toonces March 15, 2026, 16:36:13
This American game has gotta go. Playing defense up 16 with 30 seconds left* - CanHartlebHireSnider March 15, 2026, 16:34:43
If there was ever a scenario where the committee could factor in the results of the BTT title game… - OB25 March 15, 2026, 16:27:55
- they were solidly ahead of us already* - snipes824 March 15, 2026, 16:34:01
  - I just don’t think that’s true. They were way behind us coming into this weekend.* - OB25 March 15, 2026, 16:36:55
    - I mean yeah, I don't want to speak in absolutes - snipes824 March 15, 2026, 16:42:13
- delete.* - voiceofreason March 15, 2026, 16:33:19
- Not sure what decision they would make today that they shouldn't have already made yesterday * - ijustkrushalot March 15, 2026, 16:31:21
Eat shit Michigan!* - Toonces March 15, 2026, 16:26:30
Purdue looks great today - apusikam March 15, 2026, 15:52:32
Morez has been bad in this tournament. Purdue picking on him.* - OB25 March 15, 2026, 15:50:03
- TKR abusing him* - Ron McDon March 15, 2026, 15:51:45
scUM clearly misses LJ Cason * - jdl March 15, 2026, 15:49:38
Adfession: I'm rooting for Braden to break the assist record - Blazer March 15, 2026, 15:26:47
Purdue is certainly a good example of how quickly things can change. - OB25 March 15, 2026, 15:16:06
- Making shots matters.* - voiceofreason March 15, 2026, 15:20:18
the matrix has gonzaga and nebraska as 3's and virginia and vanderbilt as 4's - snipes824 March 15, 2026, 14:52:52
I will never stop being annoyed by them calling this the “Big Ten Championship”. It’s not - meanjeans March 15, 2026, 14:34:52
- With these unbalanced schedules, the regular season “championship” doesn’t really - voiceofreason March 15, 2026, 15:12:15
  - Agreed * - ATL March 15, 2026, 15:13:57
YESSSS. FRAN IS BACK, BABY!!!!!* - voiceofreason March 15, 2026, 13:20:40
insane missed travel call lol* - OrangeSox March 15, 2026, 13:08:55
Wow TJ Power. Yale calling timeouts to setup bad full court defense twice* - OrangeSox March 15, 2026, 13:01:51
- must've watched our ucla game.* - Ari Gold March 15, 2026, 14:05:45
Dammit, we almost had the Francon scale back in the NCAAs.* - voiceofreason March 15, 2026, 12:55:49
- Not dead yet!* - OrangeSox March 15, 2026, 12:59:51
  - HELLO ME NOT DEAD * - jdl March 15, 2026, 13:01:00
    - Also, why the heck wouldn't you foul that dude at half court * - jdl March 15, 2026, 13:01:53
      - Yale should get kicked out of the Ivy League for being stupid. Wow.* - voiceofreason March 15, 2026, 13:03:14
Lunardi also has moved Purdue to a 2. If this elevation of Purdue does happen… - OB25 March 15, 2026, 12:21:15
- And if Purdue is a 3 and doesn’t get St Louis?* - GMAW March 15, 2026, 13:20:43
- As one of the longstanding conference tourneys don’t matter advocates - Blazer March 15, 2026, 12:54:16
- Kind of have to put Purdue on the 2 to hedge for the possibility they beat - Orangeillini March 15, 2026, 12:31:19
Congratulations to John Groce on getting Akron in again * - ATL March 15, 2026, 12:09:05
- Dude is becoming legend * - cpsteine March 15, 2026, 15:52:16
Abe Lincoln Meme: 95% of the committees time should be spent on non-bubble discussions. - Carl Spackler March 15, 2026, 12:02:02
When do they announce the women’s bracket?* - biclops March 15, 2026, 10:46:01
- Hoping the women get a 7 seed and not 8 or 9* - Taz March 15, 2026, 11:16:42
- 7pm Central time on ESPN* - Poldark March 15, 2026, 10:47:45
- 7 CDT on ESPN* - LWillhite March 15, 2026, 10:47:30
Imagine how irritated you'll be if it comes up a 4 or 5 seed - LWillhite March 15, 2026, 10:39:48
- FWIW, that’s of this morning - Blazer March 15, 2026, 11:57:38
  - Either would be absurd.* - voiceofreason March 15, 2026, 12:32:49
- That would be a crime. The more I see of WAB the more I don’t believe in it as a metric.* - voiceofreason March 15, 2026, 11:15:28
- If they're really using that for seeding - jdl March 15, 2026, 11:11:21
- I keep thinking we are about to get 2006’ed* - uofi1998 March 15, 2026, 10:43:07
What time is the show?* - Taz March 15, 2026, 10:04:31
- 5 cst* - Blazer March 15, 2026, 10:32:21

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