Who Runnin’ it now…Come on…who runnin’ it now?
(MUSIC KICKS IN)
It’s the Big Ten
Welcome to the Big Stage
Give it your all or get cut like a quick fade
One step in the arena
Hear the squeak of the sneaker
Ya mama proud you made the doubters believers – Yeah!
You can’t fake it when you make it to the Big Ten
They blocking your big shots and stopping your big men
It’s a battleground whenever we come around
To let you know the number one is in town
This is it
We bout to see who running it now
See how we get love from the crowd
We put it down

Welcome to the dance. The Illinois MSU loss was disappointing, but three-times-beating Izzo’s squad is difficult. They’re playing hard against Iowa now — I think MSU wants it more, and I hope that effort is rewarded. But anything now is flashy sales to the Selection Committee, and I think we’re a solid 3-seed. That’s fine. I don’t mind that we’re out of the #1 seed race, and that we can bring our game to the tourney without having the concentric red and white circles on our backs.

For those keeping track, or having to pay Krush later, the Illini have scored 233 three-point baskets as of last night’s game. We’re making 7.5 3pt-buckets in 20 attempts on average: 37%. TN-Martin and TX-PanAm suffered the worst in their games with us making 33 points off swishes behind the arc. Indiana held us to our worst numbers, 2-for-14 (or 14%) which helps explain their marginal win.

I didn’t have the heart to do free throw analysis…. it would be too painful. But I think next year I will, and pledge it, and see how we do.