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�������� 13. THE TIDE HAD A PRETTY BIG CROWD WAITING AT THE TUSCALOOSA AIRPORT. TO SEND THEM OFF THIS AFTERNOON, AND THAT’S WHERE �������� 13 LISA CRANE JOINS US LIVE FROM TONIGHT. LISA, A LOT OF PUMPED UP FANS THERE. A LITTLE WHILE AGO. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WE HAD MORE THAN 100 FANS HERE TODAY TO CHEER ON THE TIDE AS THEY MADE THEIR WAY INTO THE TUSCALOOSA AIRPORT. FANS ARE CONFIDENT THAT THESE UNDERDOGS ARE GOING TO PROVE ALL THE NAYSAYERS WRONG. NOW, WE HAD UA ATHLETIC DIRECTOR GREG BYRNE HERE TODAY. HE WAS FIST BUMPING THE CROWD. BIG AL HERE AS WELL. THIS AFTERNOON, FANS CARRIED SIGNS AND NOISEMAKERS. THIS WAS REALLY MORE LIKE A PEP RALLY. HEAD COACH NATE OATS ADDRESSED THE CROWD WITH A BULLHORN, SAYING HE HOPES TO SEE THEM ALL AGAIN HERE ON TUESDAY WHEN THEY RETURN WITH A TROPHY. FANS SURE SEEM OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THIS GAME. I THINK THEY’RE UNDERESTIMATING US FOR SURE. THERE YOU GO. 11.5 POINTS. I’M. NOT SCARED. HEY, IF IT WASN’T FOR ILLINOIS GOING COLD, ILLINOIS WOULD HAVE STILL PLAYED UP TO HIM. I DON’T THINK THAT THAT’S SCARY. WE PLAY TO OUR OPPONENTS ALL THE TIME. WE’RE GOING TO PLAY TO OUR OPPONENT HERE, AND I THINK WE’RE GOING TO GET PAST. YEAH, LISTENING TO SOME OF THE PLAYERS THIS AFTERNOON DURING THE PRESS CONFERENCE, THEY DON’T SEEM. SCARED AT ALL EITHER. THEY SAY THEY’RE JUST FOCUSING ON THIS GAME AND THEY’RE GOING TO LEAVE IT ALL ON THE COURT. ON SATURDAY NIGHT, THAT PLANE SHOULD BE LANDING IN ARIZONA IN A COUPLE O