True, but the B1G schedule is hardly a round robin. It used to be - in the good old days.If you do a round robin with 14 teams, the SOS will be the inverse of their finishes. The difference in the top teams schedule and the last teams schedule is that the top team got to play the #14, while the #14 had to play the #1. So unfair!
...If you do a round robin with 14 teams, the SOS will be the inverse of their finishes. The difference in the top teams schedule and the last teams schedule is that the top team got to play the #14, while the #14 had to play the #1. So unfair!
The B1G schedule is not a true round robin, and out of conference schedules factor in as well....
Since we finished second, shouldn’t our SOS be 13 then?
I fully expect that matchupAnd Rick Pitino back in the NCAA Tournament with Iona. I think that's a possible 1v16 game for the Illini.
Whoa
Jerry Palm now has us as the 3rd overall seed. That's regardless of today's results.
I'm good with that particularly if this is how the match ups really work out.
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Happy Selection Sunday! I can't think of a fan base that deserves this day more. March 17, 2013...brackets come out and Illinois is a No. 7 seed vs No. 10 Colorado in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Who would have guessed, even in your worst thoughts, it would be 2,922 days until we get to see the Illini's name pop back up on the CBS show?
But the day has FINALLY arrived, with a team playing better right now than probably any of us could have imagined .... Let's go!!!
It almost doesn’t matter if we’re the #2 or #3 overall seed because Baylor will get the Big Ten teams in the 2 and 4 lines regardless. But it’s nice to be ahead of Michigan to get potentially a little better path
if be surprised if Oklahoma State stays on the 2 line and Palm is saying they ahead of Alabama- which would be really surprising
I'd rather have OK Ste in our bracket than Ala.Jerry Palm now has us as the 3rd overall seed. That's regardless of today's results.
I'm good with that particularly if this is how the match ups really work out.
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Very much disagree. I think we could show Alabama some defense they haven't seen this season, and they don't have an answer for Kofi.I'd rather have OK Ste in our bracket than Ala.
Then he did his bracket wrong if he had us as #3 overall- Okla St should be in our bracket not AlabamaPalm has Alabama at 7 and Oklahoma State at 8.
Then he did his bracket wrong if he had us as #3 overall- Okla St should be in our bracket not Alabama
Awesome stuff. Side note: I used to use ESPN more, but it seems like they won't even put Illinois on a headline story. I assume their financial ties to the SEC and ACC mean they dump or bury a lot of stories that are newsworthy.It seems like forever since Illinois has gotten "the love", so really cool to see us hitting front pages again. Just feels, I don't know, right.
Curbelo is the next face of the program. I am here for it!It seems like forever since Illinois has gotten "the love", so really cool to see us hitting front pages again. Just feels, I don't know, right.