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Rough Patch or a Sign of Things to Come?

By Sahadev Sharma

Friday, February 6, 2009

These are the Illini I expected at the beginning of the year. I figured the whole season would be a struggle to get to 20 wins and an NCAA Tournament berth would be a big win. However, through the first 20 games of the season the Illini were exceeding all expectations winning 17 of those games and being a closer away from being undefeated (paging Demetri McCamey, Demetri, the big moment awaits you... hello?). However, Bruce Weber's team has struggled in their last three games, going 1-2, and ...

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