Fighting Illini fans’ laughter heard from Bloomington
When JaMarcus Ellis’s three-point attempt clanked high off the rim Wednesday, officially giving Wisconsin a two-point victory over the Hoosiers, echoes of distant laughter could be heard.
Those chuckles came from the heart of University of Illinois campus. For it was not only a BANKED three-point shot that stabbed Indiana University, it was the NCAA findings that Kelvin Sampson and his staff not only made impermissable recruiting calls at IU (while on probation for his tactics at Oklahoma), but lied to the University and NCAA during the investigation.
All this comes on the heels of IU’s, not U of I’s, Eric Gordon BANKING a three-pointer to send their game into overtime last week. So, with Illinois’ feeling that Sampson ripped Gordon from Bruce Webber’s grip, and IU’s dark cloud of violation conspiracy, the Fighting Illini faithful are basking in Hoosierville’s tears.