Dee Brown

And when you come there and play there, there's expectation to make it to the Final Four, win Big Ten championships.

So there's expectation.

So to get really good players, you know, to come in and do what they do, it's been very exciting to watch.

Yeah, no doubt.

We was in Indy, then went to Chicago, then went to St.

Louis.

But that was my thing.

You know, it was such a heartbreaker.

And you got to relive that over and over when people say, you know, we're the best second place team ever because, you know, we lost to the Natty.

But for them to be in Indy and, you know, our practice when I was when I was in school, our practice, you know, had 30,000 fans show up to watch us shoot.

I watched their practice yesterday and it was the same.

It was all orange.

It was people love it.

You know, I know it's at least.

thousands of my buddies that's going to name going to the game they're just going to hang out and experience the moment and be around the love and and enjoy the moment i just think it's we travel illinois fans are some of the best in the country and even close i always say that i'm gonna say we are the best because there's some crazy fans out there but we are up there we love illinois basketball we travel well and for it to be just two and a half hours away from chicago

And the Champaign and Central Illinois area is just going to be flooded with orange.

And it's going to be beautiful to watch and to see.

And people ask me, what do I miss about the game?

I don't miss, you know, all the things you got to put your body through.

But I miss the noise, the sound, the smell of popcorn.