UConn fans is truly a breath of fresh air compared to ISU fans, at least on the internet.
Pregame: Illinois vs UConn, Saturday, March 30th, 5:09pm CT, TBS
- Status
biglug58
- Chicago, IL
Kinda feels like UCONN is due for a loss in the tourney.
I think UConn will have a rude awakening to our defense. We are not playing like the 91st anymore!!UCONN fans seem to think it’ll be a cake walk.
At this time of the year, it boils down to this. Do our Jimmies play better than their Joes?
I think its going to come down to which team can score the most points. If we outscore them, we should win!
Seth Davis pointed out they haven't really played great competition. We might just punch them in the mouth and they won't know what hit em!
Is that you John Madden? Actual quote from him in his prime.
So just a thought here, but what if it winds up every free throw we bricked last night was a means to not unbalance the universe when we go 31 for 31 from the line tomorrow, needing every single one of them to clinch a spot in the Final 4.
UCONN in my opinion is the best team in the tourney, but play loose and free and with effort and limit the mistakes and you give yourself a shot. And that’s all you can do in these type of matchups- give yourself a chance, and once you've got that chance, never allow them to pry it away from you. Let's do this.
UCONN in my opinion is the best team in the tourney, but play loose and free and with effort and limit the mistakes and you give yourself a shot. And that’s all you can do in these type of matchups- give yourself a chance, and once you've got that chance, never allow them to pry it away from you. Let's do this.
IlliniKat91
- Chicago, IL
I think you're just used to them, being from NYC.
Personally, I'm ready to drop all of New England into the Atlantic.
Just think what we could have done if the committee wouldn’t have screwed us by putting BYU as the 6 seed in our region
Chad Fleck
- Eureka, IL
texillwek
🔶🔹🔸🔷
No losses since December?Kinda feels like UCONN is due for a loss in the tourney.
The basketball gods would like a word.
Can you blame him? It was 4 hours past his bedtime.
Playing Purdue has prepared us for UConn..
I wonder if Hurley will put Clingan on Ty..
Ty will have to live in that short corner or might be tough game for him to find minutes.
Hawkins should be xfactor again gotta make Clingan guard in space.
I’d assume Ty or Marcus will check Spencer, can’t let him feel comfortable
I wonder if Hurley will put Clingan on Ty..
Ty will have to live in that short corner or might be tough game for him to find minutes.
Hawkins should be xfactor again gotta make Clingan guard in space.
I’d assume Ty or Marcus will check Spencer, can’t let him feel comfortable
Contain Spencer from hitting 3's. To me, when they need a bucket, they run a play for him. Otherwise, similar to us, their athletes make plays for themselves and their 2 bigs clean up.
We match their size overall. They have not been in a close matchup that tests their nerves. I think this comes down to the wire and Orange reigns supreme.
Domask hits FTs late. They run a play to win but it rims out. Check your heart rate.
Illini: 87
UConn: 86
We match their size overall. They have not been in a close matchup that tests their nerves. I think this comes down to the wire and Orange reigns supreme.
Domask hits FTs late. They run a play to win but it rims out. Check your heart rate.
Illini: 87
UConn: 86
I know TSJ gets most of the praise, and rightfully so, but I have a hard time coming up with an Illini in recent history who is more fundamentally sound than Domask.
Dude flat out makes the right read, right pass, right shot in every situation. He makes everyone around him better and does it without ever looking rattled or sped up. The way he uses his pivot foot to escape trouble and buy time for the pass or shot is something of beauty.
Just a couple possessions into that game last night it was obvious that the game plan was to intentionally draw the double with Marcus. Make their strength their weakness. It worked. It worked to the point that ISU would have been smart to stop doing it.
I don't know anything about UCONN other than their record. I do know that with TSJ, Domask, Hawkins and the supporting cast of characters, this team can do something special.
Dude flat out makes the right read, right pass, right shot in every situation. He makes everyone around him better and does it without ever looking rattled or sped up. The way he uses his pivot foot to escape trouble and buy time for the pass or shot is something of beauty.
Just a couple possessions into that game last night it was obvious that the game plan was to intentionally draw the double with Marcus. Make their strength their weakness. It worked. It worked to the point that ISU would have been smart to stop doing it.
I don't know anything about UCONN other than their record. I do know that with TSJ, Domask, Hawkins and the supporting cast of characters, this team can do something special.
The team has been an emphatic illini success since the win over Duquesne. Everything after that has all been legacy. 3 more. Let’s go
OrangeBlue98
- Des Moines, IA
What does KenPom say about this matchup? Anyone know?
- Status