(06-01-2010 11:58 AM)niu79 Wrote:  There were alot of folks that found it curious that DePaul and Illinois never matched up in the late 70's and 80's when both teams were prominent on the the national scene in hoops.

Or Bradley and Loyola in the 50s and 60s. Or SIU in the 2000s (though to their credit Weber has come around, albeit after the Salukis have fallen back into obscurity).

ILL lost to Bradley in basketball last season and while it did probably cost them an NCAA bid, their recruits didn't all decommit and the program wasn't forced to disband, unfortunately.

(06-01-2010 10:03 AM)armour248 Wrote:  

(05-28-2010 08:51 PM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  We all know Illinois is scared of in-state opponenets, ESPECIALLY the Huskies. But right now these teams are not even in the same league as evident by TSN's top 100 poll with NIU checking in some 45 spots ahead of the Illini.

I laughed out loud.

me too. someone will probably put that quote that in their signature. MD, now that Coffmann is back, we should move up to 30th or above!