UNC’s NCAAT chances dip after Duke blowout; Illinois this year > Illinois last year? Plus: every team that can realistically win the national title (College Basketball 02/06)
Eye On College Basketball
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🗓️ 6 February 2022
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
There were blowouts all over this weekend, but the NCAA Tournament picture gained a small bit of clarity with Illinois handling business in Bloomington. The guys open on that, and then a discussion broke out about how many teams could realistically be considered NCAA Tournament contenders right now. Also: UNC got run over by Duke at home, so what does its tournament hopes look like now?
READ (Norlander): Illinois looks like a final four contender
READ (Parrish): UNC Falls Flat
(00:30) - Illinois shuts off the internet in Bloomington
(09:00) - How many teams can realistically be considered good enough to win it all?
(22:39) - UNC is in some danger of missing the tournament
(37:54) - Weekend observations, including Baylor-Kansas and Kentucky-Alabama
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| 1:25.6 | It's not completely out because I did hear from some of the fans, but clearly there's some issues |
| 1:38.2 | that got to get resolved. I hope that gets taken care of ASAP. |
| 1:42.3 | Deadleg, you talked to Illinois coach Brad Underwood after the game. |
| 1:46.2 | He was on the bus headed back to Champaign. What do you have to say about his latest nice victory? |
| 1:51.6 | He had a lot to say. We talked plenty about it. That column, yes, is on the site. |
| 1:56.7 | On your CBS Sports app, we'll drop it in the podcast description as well. |
| 2:00.2 | If you're listening to this episode on Sunday Night or Monday, or whenever, |
| 2:03.0 | and you'd like to read it and you haven't gotten to it yet, Brad Underwood had a lot to say. |
| 2:06.4 | It was a good conversation. Obviously, he was in high spirits after Illinois got a very |
| 2:11.2 | morale-boosting win here. The Align Eye, I did not realize this until I got the game notes after. |
| 2:17.8 | It was the largest margin of victory for Illinois in that building ever. |
| 2:21.7 | 50 years worth of assembly hall history, Illinois had never won by as many as it did, |
| 2:26.8 | 74, 57 margin there. In fact, the last time Illinois beat Indiana on the road by this, |
| 2:32.2 | many points, was in January 14, 1956, man. Illinois held Indiana to a season low in points |
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