probably lol (I though last season was our best chance to get back to the Final Four as we were a #1 seed but of course got embarrassed in the 2nd round to Loyola Chicago of all teams. Very humbling experience and easily one of the biggest nut punches I've had as a long time Illini fan) Oh well no one was beating that Baylor team anyways so hopefully we have learned from our mistakes and make a deep run in the tourney this season. I am by no means over confident in this Illini team but am pretty cautiously optimistic so we shall see.
Good luck to your Hoosiers in the NIT though. I'll definitely be rooting for them to hang an NIT title banner up in your rafters and have it next to those other ancient dusty banners you guys keep bragging about. 🤣 haha