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By Michael Hemmerle Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — “We were expecting to be here and winning it all,” Illinois coach Brad Underwood said. “We had a good feeling going into the tournament.” The top-seeded Illini had history on their side in the quarterfinals of the 2022 Big Ten tournament. Illinois owned a superb 6-2 …

Editor’s Note: Writing for NCAA.com, Sports Capital Journalism Program student Caleb Lynn created a statistical analysis of the Loyola Chicago upset of No. 1-seeded Illinois in the second round of the NCAA tournament on Sunday. https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2021-03-21/37-numbers-ponder-no-8-loyolas-takedown-no-1-illinois