GO ILLINOIS!

OH, good point. You ONLY lost three starters. We lost 7, and 89% of our scoring! You still think your team is good? You beat us by 2 points. Given that you still had Dee Brown and James Agustine. Who did we have. Reshayn Terry?

12-0, soon to be 14-0 heading into Big Ten - so last year was a fluke, huh? And we lost three starters, but we're not whining, Carolina babe, just winning games - cause that's what the Illini do. 50-1 regular season games this year and last - so far, that is. Oh, and we beat your Tar Heels, plus Xavier, Rutgers and Wichita State, and blew Oregon and Missouri away. BTW, for not playing anyone "good", there are an awful lot of Big Ten teams in the top 25 - 'splain that, Lucy? Orange and Blue - just keep on winning, and winning and winning.......

"I just remember orange. That's all I remember. All the orange. And you couldn't even hear. It was worse than Duke. That's the toughest place I played at."--Michigan's Lester Abram, on playing at Illinois.

WHAT A JOKE THE ILLINI TEAM IS. The reason they got a better record then Carolina is because they didn't play anyone hard. What a joke the big 10 is. Thy lost to Ohio State, sure shows they couldn't be a contendar to my tar heels. Carolina actually played good teams, like Duke, even though I hate duke they had a desent record. Oh ya, and they won the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. I must say that I kinda like Dee Brown, but he is definetly not ever going to be as good as Ray, he is NUMBER ONE!

Offensivelly illinois is the best team in college basketball. Next year they are going allthe way! Anyone one who thinks different or got a problem with that dare to speak your mind 2 me.

Illinois is way overrated. Sure they have a 37-2 record now....after they lost to carolina...still go to hell....but they don't play any tough teams!!!! They play in the Big 10...enough said.

Not quite.

Overrated. 1 Loss season was a fluke. They play in the Big Ten one of the worst conferences in College Basketball.If they played in the ACC they would have won maybe 15 games. Raymond Felton will show Dee Brown how to play the Point Guard position and lead his team to National Championship. Tar Heel Blue Baby!!

Will not make it out of the Sweet 16. Big 10 Teams seldom put the rock in the bucket come March Madness.

good but going to lose come tourney time

These polls are a joke Kansas and Illinois are 8 and 11 on this list??? Do you folks follow basketball?

Go Brown! Go Powell! Go Head! Go Williams! Go Augustine! Illinois is by far the greatest team in the nation. And, their no.1 seed for 11 straight weeks PROVES IT!!! GO ILLINI!!!

now that self is gone- we're in good shape

Big 10 is a joke.

They're a top 5 team, no doubt...Frank Williams is as talented as they come; he's a great decision-maker, he makes teammates better...Cory Bradford had a disappointing year last season, but he needs to get back to what worked for him as a soph; his shot selection was pretty horrendous last year, he shot 38%...Lucas Johnson's injury is going to hurt them; he didn't put up gaudy numbers, but he was a great team guy, he'd dive on the floor, save the ball. Blandon Ferguson, for all his skill, just won't add the leadership...Brian Cook is a warrior, but he needs consistency. Last year, there were games where he looked like Chris Webber out there, scoring at will, but in other games he was more like Serge Zwikker; he wasn't even consistent half-to-half at times...Robert Archibald has good touch around the basket, but I wouldn't feel confident putting out a guy who takes as many needless fouls as he does...Can Bill Self win without Lon Kruger's players?