***Official 2026 NCAA Tournament Thread***

[fsanford]

Just gotta respect Iowa at this point. Absolutely incredible.

Their shooting is insane. Just comfortable with their game right now

 

[Cyclonepride]

Illinois needs to come out of the locker room. They look like they forgot how to play that first four minutes

 

[awd4cy]

The world is ending

 

[RagingCloner]

It’s cute that Iowa is this years Cinderella. Especially since they are being coached by the ugly step sister

 

[Cardinal2001]

we are NEVER hearing the end of this from Iowa fans. This is a nightmare. They are on fire.

 

[Cyched]

The regression to the mean for Iowa in this game is going to hit like ******* crack

Feels like I’ve been saying that all tournament, and they keep proving us wrong.

But IL has the horses to erase a lead. Hopefully they wake up.

 

[ISU_Guy]

Illinois is not moving the ball at all. They’re just standing around.

 

[xboxfever]

 

[12191987]

Meh. Even if Iowa wins they’d still have half as many wins over Elite 8 teams as ISU does.

And it would give ISU a win over a Final Four team. Checkmate, Hawkeyes.

 

[RagingCloner]

Illinois has settled in finally.

Sucks watching teams out rebound you, doesn’t it Iowa fans?

 

[Cardinal2001]

Illinois is not moving the ball at all. They’re just standing around.

did they lose their JJeff, cuz it sounds like us last night

 

[aauummm]

Go Illinois!! Pluck the hoks! I'm not watching it, just checking the score on ESPN once in a while.

 

[Cyched]

Illini at least figured out you should drive to the paint on this team

 

[ISU_Guy]

I think Sturtz is gonna have 40

 

[rosshm16]

Can't believe this ****.

This team is not that good!

 

[AuH2O]

It just blows my mind how small Iowas team is and that Florida couldn’t figure that out. They actually matched up well with Nebraska but nobody else. Yet here they are

Did you notice how terrible floridas guards are? Terrible.

 

[ISU_Guy]

I’d be curious to know what they’re shooting percentage is the last three games

 

[AuH2O]

Iowa has guys that can shoot. It’s a great equalizer.

 

[ClonesFTW]

I despise Iowa but that screen-rescreen-kick out to the shooter in the corner structure is the exact ball movement we lack in the half court.

 

[FriendlySpartan]

I despise Iowa but that screen-rescreen-kick out to the shooter in the corner structure is the exact ball movement we lack in the half court.

Don’t see them able to maintain that though for the whole game against Illinois talent and size but impressive start