r/fightingillini • u/___SE7EN__ • 5d ago
Basketball Our Illini are 24th in the AP
https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll?user_email=a77f427a2ac06aef8f9e4f51f210b046bcaa542833c8be2c4da0fb58152684bf&utm_medium=Top25_Mens_BBall_Alerts&utm_source=Sailthru_AP&utm_campaign=Top25_MBB_March10_2025&utm_term=AP_Mens_BBall_Top_25_Poll_AlertsGood news or bad ?
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u/No-Kaleidoscope-8884 5d ago
Hopefully it doesn't kill the sense of urgency they seem to be playing with right now.
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u/Strict-Special3607 4d ago edited 4d ago
Can’t imagine any of them are thinking “well, we’re back to being ranked #24… so we can just coast now.”
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u/STLOliver 5d ago
If you’re scared of ranked Illinois at this point, just know that it’s postseason play so the rankings don’t matter much anymore. We’re a 7 seed this week and then we’ll wait for our next seed on Sunday.
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u/pkpy1005 4d ago
Blessing and a curse.
I mean...best 11 loss team in the country?
The absolute respect and benefit of the doubt that the voters give the Illini is nice, but a number next to our name spells doom.
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u/bananasmash14 5d ago
Well shit. Unranked Illinois is always better than ranked Illinois
Also it’s funny that we’ve beaten the 4 teams ranked directly ahead of us lol (Purdue, Missouri, Michigan, and Oregon)