BIG Tournament Round 2

[MadRU]

Michigan up big on Illinois at the half.

 

[bac2therac]

what an embarrassing loss for Illinois who came into this game with NCAA hopes

 

[MadRU]

and playing in Chicago.

Mich. up 23 now.

 

[MadRU]

Michigan wins by 18. Bad effort and result for the illini.

 

[spas89]

Sitting around a bunch of Illini fans they sound like us can't get the best players out of chicago

 

[G- RUnit]

Just a few years ago they were close to Final Four good.

 

[bac2therac]

NIT now for Illinois

 

[blockm2]

Originally posted by G- RUnit:
Just a few years ago they were close to Final Four good.

when was this? 10 years ago they went 37-2 including an epic title game loss vs UNC in a clash of the 2 best teams in the country. Since then they have been pretty consistently mediocre and have only won 3 NCAA tournament games in that decade.

 

[RUforJERSEY]

He must mean when they had Deron Williams and that other guard who never really made it in the pros but had more hype in college.

 

[blockm2]

Originally posted by RUforJERSEY:
He must mean when they had Deron Williams and that other guard who never really made it in the pros but had more hype in college.

That was 2004/5 season when they started 37-1 and were flat out dominant with Deron Williams, Dee Brown, and Luther Head. And that team wasn't "almost Final Four good", they were head and shoulders better than every other team in the country except UNC and they got upset by UNC in the finals.

 

[Heygents]

Originally posted by blockm2:

Originally posted by RUforJERSEY:
He must mean when they had Deron Williams and that other guard who never really made it in the pros but had more hype in college.

That was 2004/5 season when they started 37-1 and were flat out dominant with Deron Williams, Dee Brown, and Luther Head. And that team wasn't "almost Final Four good", they were head and shoulders better than every other team in the country except UNC and they got upset by UNC in the finals.

They had a ridiculous comeback versus Arizona in the tourny that year (either final four or elite eight game) where they were down around 15 with 2:30 to go and won.

 

[bac2therac]

Boy did Iowa lay a big fat steamin turd against Penn State..PSU might be NIT bound

 

[PiscatawayMike]

Originally posted by bac2therac:
Boy did Iowa lay a big fat steamin turd against Penn State..PSU might be NIT bound

The Hawkeyes had the type of shooting game we saw often this year as RU fans... 15-57 for 26.3%

 

[PiscatawayMike]

Originally posted by blockm2:

Originally posted by RUforJERSEY:
He must mean when they had Deron Williams and that other guard who never really made it in the pros but had more hype in college.

That was 2004/5 season when they started 37-1 and were flat out dominant with Deron Williams, Dee Brown, and Luther Head. And that team wasn't "almost Final Four good", they were head and shoulders better than every other team in the country except UNC and they got upset by UNC in the finals.
The 2005 Final Four was the only FF I've ever been fortunate enough to attend. The city of St. Louis was taken over by the Illinois faithful that weekend. It was a rare championship game in that the price of a ticket for the title game on Monday night was just as expensive as the semifinals on Saturday. Usually the price dips tremendously for the finale because fans of two of the teams are gone, but St. Louis was a short drive for Illini fans. They showed up by the boatload.

 

[blockm2]

Originally posted by heygents:

They had a ridiculous comeback versus Arizona in the tourny that year (either final four or elite eight game) where they were down around 15 with 2:30 to go and won.

Yes they did. They finished the season #1 in KenPom's final ratings including a 17-2 record vs top 50 competition and 8-1 vs top 25 competition. They were undefeated until being upset by OSU in their regular season finale. Aside from that OSU loss, they only had 1 other conference game decided by fewer than 10 points (and 1 other game the entire season). They basically blew everybody out for almost the entire season.