who cares what the coaches would say? even jamelle cornley was on the local radio and said their big goal was to make the ncaa tourney, and he was disappointed that they were left out. but overall, who had a more noticeable march/early april, illinois or penn st? illinois wrong hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.... and people wonder why penn state is irrelevant in college hoops. maybe because winning the nit is viewed as a greater accomplishment than making the real tourney. the only ONLY people who believe this are NITtany lions fans.