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Illinois 184-pounder John Dergo will try to win the school's 21st NCAA wrestling title this weekend in Omaha, Neb. It's been done (many times) before.

With their favorite team on the sidelines, Illini basketball fans might be looking for a rooting interest for the remainder of the month. Here is our rundown of which teams Illinois fans might be able to pull for ... and which ones they won't be able to stand, courtesy Tony Bleill:

1. Cornell

Welcome, Fighting Illini, to the State University of New York at Stony Brook. The campus is near the north shore of Long Island. Basketball coach Steve Pikiell, even though he doesn't play golf, can hit the Atlantic Ocean from his backyard with a full pitching wedge. Yes, Stony Brook has a basketball team. And the Seawolves want nothing more than to beat a Big Ten team – again.

"They're going from the United Center to Stony Brook," says Fiore, the A.D. "They're probably saying, 'Who the hell is Stony Brook?' "

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HQ Live Report - Tipoff at 8 p.m. (2 hours from now) - Stony Brook (N.Y.) Arena

-Mark Herrmann, veteran reporter and columnist for Newsday, is also a Long Island native that lives about 20 minutes from here. We asked him how tough it is for an athletics department like StonyBrook's to get New York's attention.

OMAHA, Neb. – He's just about done. For the second time.

As a senior at Morris High School, John Dergo was a dominant football player. He earned News-Gazette All-State Player of the Year honors while leading his team to a state championship. And he never played another game.