DePaul snags top 40 recruit out from under Illini

[tornado]

If they opted out of the tourney to serve their country, I'd consider their claim valid.

[MacabreMob]

If they opted out of the tourney to serve their country, I'd consider their claim valid.

Well put. But staking a claim because they were considered the #1 team doesn't do it for me. They play the games for a reason.

Did the players do an honorable thing? Yes. But I'm not accepting the claim to Champion just because of it.

[tornado]

No, and neither do most authorities, but I was just making reference to some little known but interesting facts from long ago.