Okay, so when I wrote a recent article explaining how I thought that the Illinois Fighting Illini looked like an NCAA tournament team, I may have jumped the gun just a bit.

What I really meant to say is that this year is just a building block for next year's team, which will no doubt make the tournament and be a legitimate contender in the Big Ten. Or at least at this point it appears that's what I should have said.

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