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Bob Asmussen | For Illinois fans, nothing fantastic about these four

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The 2025 NCAA men’s basketball Final Four is being called by some the best in recent memory.

But Illinois fans have beefs with some of the team most of the country expects to win.

Illinois native Jon Scheyer played for Duke and was part of a national title team under Mike Krzyzewski .

Houston coach Kelvin Sampson will forever be known to Illinois fans as "the guy who stole Eric Gordon ".

One of the Unlikable Four is going to win a title. The better news: Three of them are n’t .

Enjoy the games, and the players and the coverage. Go neutral. You are Switzerland and not just because of the cool knives. The bad news is that one of the unlikable four is winning a title.

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