[Husker] Basketball (fwd)

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I could be wrong (lord knows it happens alot) but the
Big 10 didn't have a league tournament until just a
few years ago. That could be one reason the Illini
never won it. 


--- Mike Nolan <nolan at romaine.tssi.com> wrote:

> > Yes you could say that, but you would be wrong. 
> Illinois was a traditonal power in the Big 10, NU
> never has been a traditional power in the Big 8/12. 
> Even under Danny Nee when we were going to the Big
> Dance every year, NU was not considered a basketball
> power.  
> 
> Sorry, but I grew up in Illinois, and they were
> NEVER considered a
> basketball power by the people who live in the
> state.  Before Bill
> Self came they had never won the Big 10 tournament,
> and hadn't won
> the conference outright since 1952, though they had
> shared it 3 times
> in roughly 50 years.  Aside from 1989, they hadn't
> been in the Final
> Four since 1951.  
> 
> Yes, they've been a bit better basketball school
> over the years than 
> Nebraska has been, but a traditional power that
> recruits are eager to
> go to?  No way!
> --
> Mike Nolan 
> 
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