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Illinois’ Final Four Follow-Up | College Basketball News
Illinois men’s basketball faces a familiar uphill battle: rebuilding after a Final Four run. The 2006 team, despite losing key NBA-bound players, still cracked the top six polls and earned a four seed. The 1990 squad, also stripped of top talent, started strong but fell to a five seed and lost in the first round. Kendall Gill, a 1990 star, recalls the struggle to adapt without elite athleticism. Now, the current Illini have lost their leading scorer but return key contributors — and are bigger, hungrier, and aiming for a championship. With the sting of last year’s Final Four loss fueling…
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