Tag: Selection Committee

Fighting Illini: Who Should We Blame? [And a video that might cheer you up]

14 March, 2010 (19:52) | Big Ten, College Basketball, Illinois | By: Stormin' Norman Disciple

The f$%&ing selection committee can’t seem to get anything right.  Those idiots in their ivory tower stare at computers all damn weekend for one weekend a year and then make horrible decisions.  Florida?  Really?  Florida?  And Utah State?  How do they justify putting Minnesota in over Illinois, when Illinois finished better in the Big Ten? [...]

Did The Illini Fool The Selection Committee?

18 March, 2009 (09:00) | College Basketball, Illinois | By: Stormin' Norman Disciple

It’s time for another one of my crazy sports conspiracy theories.  The Illini were cruising along, looking like a solid 5 seed and maybe even a 4 seed in the NCAA Tourney.  Then they lost Frazier to a fractured hand/wrist and said he would probably not be back for the Big Ten tourney but he [...]