CHAMPAIGN — A two-hour delay at the airport in State College, Pa., allowed more time for the Illinois women's basketball team to stew over a 14-point loss at Penn State.
Players sat around in silence inside the terminal.
When the Illini arrived back in Champaign-Urbana hours later last Saturday night, second-year Illinois coach Nancy Fahey said she took a "long walk" through the freshly-fallen snow around her neighborhood replaying in her mind what went wrong against the Nittany Lions.
The losses are taking their toll on Illinois and Fahey, who said she "grumbled for 48 hours" after the 62-48 defeat to Penn State.