Khalif Raymond

Kobe, so you had other options.

Second down and five.

I just, you know, as you said, I don't back down from anybody.

We were thinking of you guys.

Yeah, Layla, in the bowels of the United Center here.

Have some internet connections, so we're happy about that.

But I appreciated the 83 drop right there.

Illinois will not have shot in United Center since December or November, I guess it would have been, when they lost to Alabama here.

They returned a lot of guys from last year, some key players in Kylan Boswell and Tomaslav Ivasic, some role players in Jake Davis and Ben Humrickhouse.

So their best two perimeter defenders were out in that game, but still the fact that they weren't able to close a 12-point lead with eight minutes left is a little bit of revenge in this game, but I think most importantly it's a test of Illinois' defense ability

Now, Keaton Wagler is not 24 years old like Terrence Shannon was in his final year.

And if Michigan can pull this off, they're down by one point to Iowa State right now.

That's the kind of team you'll see in the final four, and Illinois has not played all that great against those teams.

Well, Illinois is not giving up hope on Keaton Wadler, but I would have to question somebody's judgment if they are a top 10 draft pick projected and do not go.

The hope was that he would be here two years and then go.

this class, guys.

One of the best classes we've ever seen of freshmen.

He's going to potentially be an All-American and get his jersey in the rafters for one year.

I would imagine he's gone.

Andres Doriakovic has an interesting decision this offseason.