I mean with a special night I think we beat them by 10 (not to sound like an ISU fan). UConn wins a 7 game series, but I don’t think they would sweep it.
Pregame: Illinois vs UConn, Saturday, March 30th, 5:09pm CT, TBS
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I mean with a special night I think we beat them by 10 (not to sound like an ISU fan). UConn wins a 7 game series, but I don’t think they would sweep it.
danielb927
Orange Krush Class of 2013
- Rochester, MN
UConn by 6 (82-76) in a 67-possession game. Gives us a 29% chance of winning.
We’re #84 and climbing to thank you very much!UCONN fans seem to think it’ll be a cake walk.
They must have not seen us play in the last few weeks.UCONN fans seem to think it’ll be a cake walk.
If this game hits the over we win by more than 1.
The Illini can play with nothing to loose since the pressure is on UConn. Just doi it Illini. Great effort from the Illini vs Iowa St ...when things looked bleak in the 2nd half, the Illini held it together and came on strong in the last 3 minutes.
Molto Bravo Illini !!!
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Remember: UNLV was considered unbeatable in the 1991 national semifinal game. Had won 45 consecutive games and Duke were 8-point 'dogs to them. No one gave Duke a chance. Absolutely no one. I still remember watching them beat Stacey Augmon, Greg Anthony and Larry Johnson and Anderson Hunt. Stone cold beat them.
We're loose, we're rolling, it's house money, no one respects us, and best of all no one expects us.
Do it.
I LITERALLY threw up with about a minute left. Ms. DawgClassic brought out a nice, fresh tomato salad with about six minutes left and I told her “ooh no, I can’t eat right now.” Well, I nibbled on it at the breaks, and for whatever reason it didn’t sit well in my already bubbling stomach and I had to let’er rip as the game was winding down.
Fortunately, I was watching the game on the patio so I had plenty of places to hurl. Unfortunately, it’s where Ms. DawgClassic is planning to do some gardening today, so she made me hose it down during postgame.
Other than the win itself, THAT’S what I’ll remember about the Iowa State game.
Exactly! We've already gone further than expected. We got nothing to lose.
I wouldn't bet on us winning. But who bet on Villanova in 1985 or NC State in 1982? Sometimes David beats Goliath.
Heck yeah, if you look at our defense since the BTT started we are... 115th? well uh, I mean, who needs defense anyway!
I love the interview with Hawkins after the game when he was asked if the Illini could hang with UCONN. He started out by saying he hadn’t watched film on them yet and then proceeds to break down a handful of UCONN’s tendencies.
UCONN is supremely talented, experienced and focused. BU will have our guys prepared though.
UCONN is supremely talented, experienced and focused. BU will have our guys prepared though.
I’m sure They’ve had some staff members preparing the scout for UConn as soon as the bracket came out.UCONN fans seem to think it’ll be a cake walk.
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That was back when Duke was a plucky little over-achiever who kept making the Final Four but just couldn’t get over the hump. To think I was actually rooting for them to finally get their first natty by getting by the big, bad monster UNLV.
A new monster was born that day.
Postionless basketball at its finest.
Hopefully we have time to get this play polished by Saturday.
Hopefully we have time to get this play polished by Saturday.
IlliniwekKDR
- Colorado Springs, CO
It's like when the Patriots took down the juggernaut....Rams
I can't blame them. They've been rolling, blowing everyone out and won it all last year. We have a few stars so we can get hot and win it for sure. UCONN might also be sue for a let down.UCONN fans seem to think it’ll be a cake walk.
Krombopulos_Michael
- Aurora, Illinois (that’s a suburb of Chicago)
How this sequence went down for those watching in my house:Postionless basketball at its finest.
Hopefully we have time to get this play polished by Saturday.
Dain covering a guard “oh no”
Dain steal “OMG”
Dain running the break “wtf *head in hands*”
I think Clingan will give us some issues at the rim. So perhaps we need to challenge him to hopefully give him fault trouble. (Shannon's job again) But even if we can do that, that might not be enough because they don't always run their offense through Clingan. They have so many guys that can score and can rain threes on you. They are a very good rebounding team and I am not sure if their defense is a drop-off from Iowa State. Our defense is designed to run people off the 3 pt line and it better works on Sat. I think we need to play a A+ defense game in order to win it.
time for another new monster to arrive?
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Our consolation prize if we lose would be decades of stimulating debate about the 2021 team vs the 2024 team, so that's something.
Last night was the tourney game that IL always loses. Bad free throws poor 2nd half shooting some dumb turnovers and a few bad whistles. Yet somehow they won the game.
Is UConn better than IL - yes but the beauty of one and done is you don’t have to be better 4 out of 7. Just got to beat em once. UConn is overdue for a tight game. Will game pressure get to them. Also the Illini program is beyond way overdue to pull out a big unexpected win in this type of situation. Let’s be the 89 Michigan this year. Just hot when they have to be.
Is UConn better than IL - yes but the beauty of one and done is you don’t have to be better 4 out of 7. Just got to beat em once. UConn is overdue for a tight game. Will game pressure get to them. Also the Illini program is beyond way overdue to pull out a big unexpected win in this type of situation. Let’s be the 89 Michigan this year. Just hot when they have to be.
probably not when the bracket came out, but they have definitely had someone working on UConn (and SDSU) since Sunday
I'm not sure if there is such a thing a dribble heat check, but Dain may have just invented it.Postionless basketball at its finest.
Hopefully we have time to get this play polished by Saturday.
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