Illinois vs Iowa has been building for 100 years and now it finally means everything
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The biggest of them all comes Saturday.
Illinois vs Iowa has been building for 100 years and now it finally means everything originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Illinois Fighting Illini and Iowa Hawkeyes have been playing each other for more than a century.
Same region. Same recruits. Same conference.
It has always felt like these two programs were going to run into each other when it mattered most. Now they finally have. Saturday in Houston, with a Final Four on the line, this rivalry gets its biggest stage yet.
Not just another Big Ten game. Not just another regular-season fight. This is everything.
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