History for Shauna Green and Illinois women’s basketball.
The first-year head coach has guided the Illini to the promised land, with Illinois selected on Sunday for its first NCAA Tournament since 2000.
Illinois earned a No. 11 seed in the Greenville Region 1 and will face No. 11 Mississippi State in the First Four on Wednesday. The winner plays No. 6 Creighton on Friday.
After the retirement of five-year head coach Nancy Fahey after last season, Josh Whitman was put in position he knows very well: being responsible for hiring head coaches that have the ability to turn programs around.