Sturdy's Rewind - Sweet 16 Says It All

Brad Sturdy, IlliniGuys Uber-Illini Insider & Co-Host of the IlliniGuys Sports Spectacular and Big Sports Radio 

March 24, 2024

For the first time in 19 years, the Illini are in the Sweet sixteen after an 89-63 drubbing of Duquesne on Saturday night in Omaha. Terrence Shannon continued his onslaught with 30 points, while Marcus Domask added 22 points and 7 assists as Illinois won their 28th game, the 3rd most in program history, behind only the 1989 and 2005 squads that reached the Final Four. 

Brad Underwood also reached his first Sweet Sixteen as a head coach, proving . . .

 

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