Illinois continues to reload after Andrej Stojaković makes big decision for next season

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"I love it here. I love it here," Stojakovic said.  "We're going to come back, we're going to be better. It's going to be a hell of a ride. We're going to have fun doing it. We're going to win a lot of games."

Stojaković helped lead Illinois to the Final Four earlier this month, where it would lose to the UConn Huskies. But the soon-to-be senior wants something greater: college basketball's mountaintop, better known as a national title.

"We're coming for that national championship," Stojaković added. "Expect us to win a lot of games and expect us to laugh while doing it because we're going to have a lot of fun."

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The Illini aren't quite done. Their pursuit of former Wisconsin Badgers star John Blackwell is still ongoing, and the hype is beginning to build toward another historic season in Champaign.

What happens next remains suspenseful, but in the unpredictable world of college hoops, anything is possible.

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