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NCAA Men's Basketball · Fiserv Forum

XAVMusketeers

Xavier Musketeers22-12

73–86

Final

Final

ILLFighting Illini

Illinois Fighting Illini22-12

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Bluesky

Not enough fans yet.

Mood from 5 moderated posts · word-level estimate

Good Morning, Illini Nation: Illinois closes out Xavier down the stretch Musketeers tried to threaten late, but Illini fend off any semblance of comeback attempt in first-round win
Bluesky · ▲ 0
MBB: Illinois Fends Off Xavier, Earns Spot in NCAA Tournament Second Round The Illini secured an 86-73 opening-round win over the Musketeers on Friday night.
Bluesky · ▲ 2
And THAT WILL DO IT!!!!!!! Illini outlasts the Musketeers, advances to the next round! #MarchMadness #XAVvsILL #CollegeHoops #Basketball #Sports #EveryDayGuys
Bluesky · ▲ 1

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Musketeers fans

Bluesky · Mastodon

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There's only so much you can get from empty November calories.
Bluesky · ▲ 1
Xavier basketball is officially back tonight. All is right with the world
Bluesky · ▲ 2
Chance Westry finally has a chance to build off a healthy season.
Bluesky · ▲ 1

Illini fans

Bluesky · Mastodon

MeltdownNeutral · ±0.00Euphoric

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Bluesky · ▲ 0
NCAA FBS football - Illinois Fighting Illini 20 Maryland Terrapins 17 (final) - #TerpsFB #NCAAF
Bluesky · ▲ 2
Buddy texted me when Maryland kicked the FG that taking the points was “loser mentality.” It was “work smarter, not harder” mentality, counting on #Illini offense to go three and out the next drive, which they did. Luckily defense bowed up again.
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