Sweet Sixteen Storyline
Posted by: Bradley McDonald
For those of you who like your basketball flavored with drama, here's a storyline for you. Bruce Pearl, whose Cinderella Panthers from Wisconsin-Milwaukee play No. 1 seed Illinois this week, was an assistant coach at Iowa and in '89 reported Illinois to the NCAA for recruiting violations after taping conversations with a future Illini player. I don't think the reception from Illini fans in Chicago will be too warm for Pearl. He may want to hide in the mascot uniform he once donned.
Oh, and basketball will also be played. I'll get into some of the more exciting matchups later.
For those of you who like your basketball flavored with drama, here's a storyline for you. Bruce Pearl, whose Cinderella Panthers from Wisconsin-Milwaukee play No. 1 seed Illinois this week, was an assistant coach at Iowa and in '89 reported Illinois to the NCAA for recruiting violations after taping conversations with a future Illini player. I don't think the reception from Illini fans in Chicago will be too warm for Pearl. He may want to hide in the mascot uniform he once donned.
Oh, and basketball will also be played. I'll get into some of the more exciting matchups later.
