He turned the Illini down once already. Clinging to this makes people look like a loser who cant get a date.
1/7 Games
If we win @ Wisconsin that should be the hardest game of the next 4 so vs Rutgers vs Northwestern and @ Purdue would all be winnable. That could put us at 6-2. That would put us in a great spot as it should then be “easy” to win another 4+ and finish above 0.500 in conference play. But it all starts with our game tonight @ Wisconsin
Yeah, how many B1G teams have won on the road thus far in conference? I know MSU beat Northwestern, Rutgers beat Nebraska, and Wisky beat OSU. Is that it?
Whitney with 0 points in 11 min for UK
illini80
- Forgottonia
I’d like to not buy rutgers either, but at #20 in the NET rankings is no joke. Saturday will be a good test.
Rutgers has a good basketball team. Good guard play in Baker, Harper, MCConnell.
Rutgers sets up to be a tougher matchup for us than Wisconsin imo. Yes they both have good guard play, but Rutgers is far more athletic and creative than Wisconsins guards are. Motion makes for mistakes, Wisconsin guards I think will be easier to defend than Rutgers. Good test both though.
The Dave
- CA
That is only if we don't do what we have the past decade against them...play great defense until there is less than 5 on the shot clock and give up an easy basket.
It's frustrated me for YEARS how patient those dang Badgers are. If you only play 28 seconds of great D, they'll beat you in the 2 seconds left.
The Quadrant system would give the impression that a Top 75 Team played AWAY is equivalent to a Top 50 Team played on NEUTRAL ground is equivalent to a Top 30 Team played at HOME.
Wisconsin: Net Rank 27 | Kenpom 21 | T-Rank 21
Rutgers: Net Rank 20 | Kenpom 37 | T-Rank 18
So if we apply a 50/75 factor to Wisconsin and conservatively use their worst rank we get 18 (27*50/75). Likewise, if we apply a 50/30 factor to Rutgers and use their best rank we get 30 (18*50/30). So if you believe that the quadrant system is a fair representation of home court advantage then Wisconsin should be like playing the 18th best team on a Neutral site and Rutgers should be like playing the 30th best game on a Neutral site. Neither are easy tasks but Wisconsin should be the harder game.
tOSU is 1-3 in conf?
According to espn, tOSU is ranked 11th in the country but is in 12th place in the Big Ten.
Thats called a well coached patient team I think...lol
Are you in the same group of fans that also said Zona is a top 5 team, and Miami isn’t a basement team in the ACC?
Just shows how hard it is to compete in this years toughest conference.
Still think there will be 2 Final Four teams from B1G this year.
Are you in the same group of fans that also said Zona is a top 5 team, and Miami isn’t a basement team in the ACC?
Miami has the same record as Illinois (taking away our D2 win) and a tougher Strength of Schedule according to Kenpom. If you look at quadrant wins/losses Miami has 1 Q1 win, 3 Q2 wins, 4 Q1 losses, and 1 Q2 loss (the rest being Q3/4 wins). Illinois has 1 Q1 win, 1 Q2 wins, 3 Q1 losses, 1 Q2 loss, and 1 Q3 loss (the rest being Q3/4 wins).
Looking at Warrennolan.com Miami has an RPI of 34 and an SoS of 10. Illinois has an RPI of 68 and a SoS of 60.
Not really sure why Illinois is being talked about as a bubble team while Miami is so much worse based on all those numbers.
FeelYourPaign
- So Cal
Entertaining
Did you see us "kill it" there at the end of the game? How many we get?
1-3 start in the ACC. Pretty likely they could lose their next 4 as well.
1-3 start in the ACC. Pretty likely they could lose their next 4 as well.
Can't really fault them for dropping to Louisville and Duke, the clear top of the ACC and potential NCAA championship contenders. They've played 3 of their first 4 games against the best teams in the conference so it's all up hill from there.
Very true, as Groce used to say when we used to get in the hole in conference play, we’ll see what their mental toughness is.
The Dave
- CA
ding! ding! ding!