Mark Grote

Only to be disappointed by random games.

You guys know what I'm talking about.

Not just on the football side, but the basketball side as well.

And watching them shoot.

Those absolute clunkers.

Where at one point, I feel like in the first half, they were zoning themselves.

They're just standing there with Iowa's zone.

And I'm like, wait.

move around make a basket and then nobody could nobody could shoot and you're gonna have those games in the tournament by the way i'm pretty sure i called that when i was like you're gonna have those games where you cannot shoot to save your life but at least they rebounded and rebounds is what helped them get out of this silly mess

Maybe I was watching a different game because I didn't have any of these feelings that you guys are talking about.

The whole time I was like, okay, this is okay.

This is okay.

Here's why.

Here's why.

Because in the first half, when they were missing all of those threes, I was like, all right, you ain't even made threes yet.

And you're still just right here hanging around.

And I understand.

Iowa jumped out to a 12-2 lead.

And I was like, okay, this is not ideal, but Illinois has more talent than Iowa.

That was undeniable to me.