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Gotta tip the cap to likable Tom Shields who, on two separate occasions, created some serious laughter in a Locker Room that's been void of laughter ever since we realized the Bears might go 1-15..
First time was last summer when Shields was named coach of the men's basketball program at College of Lake County in Grayslake and he insisted -- as did the school's athletic director -- that this CLC gig was not a one-and-done deal.
We all laughed when we heard that. Shields may be an excellent basketball coach, but he's never stayed at one school long enough to find out where the closest Starbuck's is. And, in all honesty, coaching a juco hoops team in an empty gym is just not his style.
Second time was the other day, reading a newspaper account about Shields taking the job as athletic director at a high school in Farmington, New Mexico. The article said that Shields wants to bring stability to that school's athletic program.
We all laughed when we read that.
Tom Shields and stability in the same sentence.
Who'duh thunk it?
Good luck Tom ... and, in all honesty, we expect to see you back here soon.

The combination of their being no teams from Illinois playing and there being zero upsets of significance made Thursday the least memorable opening day of the NCAA tournament that we've had in a long time.

Duke-Belmont had an exciting finish, but even in that one, it was sad to see Belmont choke away the game with three terriible possessions in the final minute and five seconds.

The realliy frustrating thing about this tourney is that so many of the really good teams feature players who should be wearing Illini jerseys.

Very sad.

That would be DePaul’s decision to join the prestigious Big East Conference after seemingly finding a nice home in Conference USA.