Rahimi Harrison

I am.

Do you hear yourself?

Hold your backpack.

I do that.

And you know what?

It's so dumb.

We'll do all that next.

That's always the question because you're playing some team that won the night before, has some momentum, is feeling good about itself, is shot in this stadium.

But, yeah, that's always the question.

When you get to the Big Ten tournament, a lot of it is who wants to play?

Who cares about winning this?

Because a team like Michigan right now, one of the best teams in the country, kind of struggling with an Ohio State team that's kind of like an 8-9 seed.

Because Michigan, they're playing for a national championship.

Illinois, they've won some Big Ten tournaments.

They're thinking more, can we make it to the Sweet 16, Elite Eight, Final Four?

So it's always interesting to see who shows up.

And that's what I'm interested with this Illinois team.

But they got a lot of new kids.

Keaton Wagler and David Mirkowitz, two of the best freshmen Illinois has ever had, but they've never played in the postseason.

So you just kind of want to see them be aggressive, confident, and assertive early.