Your clearly just trying to bait us, but I will bite anyways. Illinois is coming out of a down cycle, and we have still made the tournament 9 out of the last 10 years. There is plenty of reason for Illini fans to feel good about upcoming years with the recruiting we have done. So yes I am excited, and no I am not ready to order the banners yet. To touch on a previous point by Sully.... Weber going out and starting the recruiting process with 8th and 9th graders is brilliant as it keeps Illini fans in a constant state of "just a year away" fantasy land. Not that I'm rooting against you guys.....I'd love for just about any Big Ten team to win it all again. Eh, the approach is still untested, as no one who was recruited in this manner has played a game for Illinois yet. Actually, I don't remember how early on Weber began pursuing Bertrand, Paul, Richardson, and Griffey. I believe the 2010 class is the first one in which Weber implemented this strategy. It'll still be a while before we see how this pays off, but the way the three prospects from that class are maturing, it seems like much more than some sort of ploy to keep Illini fans at ease.