Off Season Random Poll - Your feelings on U of I Basketball

[Fetz86]

I would have taken an option between don't care and hate if available too. I followed them while Pruitt was there since we went to high school together, but I really don't like them as a university.

[RedSeaElite1]

I would have taken an option between don't care and hate if available too. I followed them while Pruitt was there since we went to high school together, but I really don't like them as a university.

you went to west aurora? Good stuff. i went to Batavia

[Braves2011]

Only legit and good team they have at Illinois right now is the Mens golf program and after that it drops off big time.... Go Braves, Fighting Saints and my favorite childhood team the Gators....

[lefty]

I've been an Illini fan since the days of Harv Schmidt when they played on local CBS affiliate....I can still here the Glass Specialty commercials during a crunch time timeout.....and even though I lived only 30 minutes form Peoria I didn't know BU even existed....

So I'm 100% for both as I've been much closer to BU program in the last 25 years.....

[amckillip]

engineering is Illinois' signature program.

its goes like MIT, Stanford, Berkely, Cal Tech, GIT, and then Illinois

That's not really true. The US News rankings are terrible in that regard. In the Big Ten alone an engineering degree from Northwestern, Michigan, and Purdue (probably Penn State too) will get you further on average. Particularly Northwestern. The US News rankings are good, but hardly truly accurate, they weigh too heavily too many things that don't matter. Not to mention they way they rank the schools is ridiculous, look how much easier it is to get a job out of Rose Hulman than U of I...

[LittleBrave]

Football:
1. Notre Dame (Grew Up on Them)
2. U of Oklahoma (why else but for a girl! haha)
3. U of Hawaii (Because I can watch football at odd hours of the night because of them)
Notre Dame's on top of them all!

'Bout to throw up now, BU-Fanatic!
Hate ND with a passion! Them and U of Miami in football.

College Hoops:
1) BU BRAVES
2) SIU (unless BU plays 'em - loved their teams in early to mid-2000's; Tatum, Brooks, Young, Owen, Hairston, Dearman, Williams (sorry - loved their spunk & mocksy)
3) U of Illinois

College Football:
1) U of Illinois (though they stink)
2) Iowa (grew up liking their style)
3) Northwestern ('cause I got a lotta' friends in Evanston!)

[Future Walk-On]

'Bout to throw up now, BU-Fanatic!
Hate ND with a passion! Them and U of Miami in football.

College Hoops:
1) BU BRAVES
2) SIU (unless BU plays 'em - loved their teams in early to mid-2000's; Tatum, Brooks, Young, Owen, Hairston, Dearman, Williams (sorry - loved their spunk & mocksy)
3) U of Illinois

College Football:
1) U of Illinois (though they stink)
2) Iowa (grew up liking their style)
3) Northwestern ('cause I got a lotta' friends in Evanston!)

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I just don't see how you can like BU and SIU / and 3 big ten teams

ewww

against sporting law..

[BUFanatic]

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I just don't see how you can like BU and SIU / and 3 big ten teams

ewww

against sporting law..

At least there was no UMichigan or Southern Cal in there! hahaha Don't hate the history Little Brave!

[Chico]

Glad to see number 2 has taken the lead.

[Future Walk-On]

Glad to see number 2 has taken the lead.

i'm thinking #1 will take it in the end (after i make 20 fake accounts and vote)

[SFP]

Hate to burst those Illini fans but nationally speaking their popularity is not very high and I'd bet there are a few Big Ten teams with greater national notoriety.

[Future Walk-On]

Hate to burst those Illini fans but nationally speaking their popularity is not very high and I'd bet there are a few Big Ten teams with greater national notoriety.

???? what exactly are you trying to say?

when did national notoriety come up?

[Future Walk-On]

That's not really true. The US News rankings are terrible in that regard. In the Big Ten alone an engineering degree from Northwestern, Michigan, and Purdue (probably Penn State too) will get you further on average. Particularly Northwestern. The US News rankings are good, but hardly truly accurate, they weigh too heavily too many things that don't matter. Not to mention they way they rank the schools is ridiculous, look how much easier it is to get a job out of Rose Hulman than U of I...

possibly true ("possibly" cuz i dunno)

i just look at the us news reports because they appear 1st on google...

still engineering and chemistry are illinois' strengths