WE ARE IN!

[jacknicholson]

Better tell Ma to put that bun back in the oven...you've got work to do!

This is true, there are priorities.....

 

[trapperjon]

Pretty sad and pathetic that people are actually excited about this.

Pretty Sad and pathetic that you needed to point it out.

 

[DunderMifflinHk]

Pretty sad and pathetic that people are actually excited about this.

Why because the program is making progress and making a step in the right direction? It's sad and pathetic you're not excited.

 

[sioux34]

I love Loser Tournaments!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If we win it all we are the best team in America!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Try to make your trolling a little less obvious will you?

 

[OUTofTOWNHAWK]

Pretty sad and pathetic that people are actually excited about this.

doooshtroll

 

[papathawki]

Why are we in??? Money, Money, Money! Why against Dayton? Because this way a lower seed can host which means Money!

 

[Tmoney12]

Gatens in the Garden??? Has a nice ring to it

 

[CWooD4]

Free pizza for all!!

But on a serious note, congrats.

 

[HawkForce]

umm the CBI=loser tourney...NIT has some respect...it's not the dance...BUT it's progress....and we have not been in a tourney since 2006!!!

 

[bcl20]

If you've followed this team since Alford's last year and saw how awful this program has been (one of the worst BCS schools period for awhile) you should be excited or at least understand it. If you're not you are either trolling or dumb.

 

[HawkeyeShane]

Why are we in??? Money, Money, Money! Why against Dayton? Because this way a lower seed can host which means Money!

Payback for what the NCAA did to Bluder's bunch last year at Gonzaga!

 

[sioux34]

If you're not you are either trolling or dumb.

Or both.

 

[greghammel]

The best part is Gatens has a chance to win his last home game! That Senior day was not cool... this is going to be awesome. The NIT will be happy about his selection and home game. SELL IT OUT! BE LOUD!

 

[HawkeyeShane]

Free pizza for all!!

But on a serious note, congrats.

Dammit...I thought you were in the know on that or something...

 

[Hawkfromnorwalk]

Wow! I really wasn't expecting this! Gatens gets to ride again at least once more!

 

[MILHAWKEYE]

Fantastic news!!! I can't believe they took 3 teams.

 

[CWooD4]

Dammit...I thought you were in the know on that or something...

I wouldn't know, I'm not an U of I student.

 

[gohawkz]

Awesome, hopefully after this year we will be in the NCAA again.

 

[bcl20]

Awesome, hopefully after this year we will be in the NCAA again.

Yeah, my expectations for that have been upped a bit. For Fran to take whatever it was we had for a basketball team two years ago to this is pretty impressive.

 

[atomicblue224]

Better tell Ma to put that bun back in the oven...you've got work to do!

this cracked me up!