Game Thread: Illinois at Grand Canyon

[Dan]

8:00pm CT
Radio
Live Stats

Streams-
ESPN3
YouTube Live
gculopes.com/watch

TV-
WCIX49 in East Central Illinois
FOX 10 Xtra in Phoenix

 

[TCTORNADO]

Vegas line has moved to Illinois -7

 

[WizardBill]

Vegas line has moved to Illinois -7

I guess we will make 1/2 more free throws...

 

[CHEEF]

Grand Canyon has a pretty interesting setup and culture around campus.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1192945076302835712

 

[Fighter of the Nightman]

Really hope this atmosphere doesn't get to us, but we NEED to win this. You start off 2-1 with at loss at #21 Arizona? Par for the course, we move on, we're likely even ranked in a few weeks if we don't slip up with a puff game loss at home. However, losing this Grand Canyon game after needing OT at home in the opener? I fear it will really deflate some of the hype we had going. Stay focused, boys, and beat a team you should easily beat. You got this!

P.S. Sorry if I am super out of the loop, but do we know what our new blue and orange jerseys look like? I feel like I have only seen the whites ... is tonight like a debut? Lol

 

[WizardBill]

Grey uni’s?

 

[TheAngryBavarian]

I do have to say...GCU put together a very good broadcast group, at least in my opinion.

 

[Jon]

it's a nice little preview show on the youtube stream.

 

[PNWIllini]

I see a bit of the WAC by living in Seattle and following Seattle U. GCU is a real up and coming program. They were very close to making the NCAA last year.

 

[Illwinsagain]

Really hope this atmosphere doesn't get to us, but we NEED to win this. You start off 2-1 with at loss at #21 Arizona? Par for the course, we move on, we're likely even ranked in a few weeks if we don't slip up with a puff game loss at home. However, losing this Grand Canyon game after needing OT at home in the opener? I fear it will really deflate some of the hype we had going. Stay focused, boys, and beat a team you should easily beat. You got this!

P.S. Sorry if I am super out of the loop, but do we know what our new blue and orange jerseys look like? I feel like I have only seen the whites ... is tonight like a debut? Lol

Dude, don't give away AZ yet. They are talented, yes, but younger than us, I believe. It's early in the season for all of us.

 

[TheAngryBavarian]

Coach Majerle sounds pretty pessimistic...

 

[Loyalillini10]

Coach Majerle sounds pretty pessimistic...

An Illini fan then?

 

[Whitmans Sampler]

Will the announcers on the GCU YouTube stream be the same announcers as on the ESPN3 stream? Not trying to listen to homers the whole game.

 

[TheAngryBavarian]

Will the announcers on the GCU YouTube stream be the same announcers as on the ESPN3 stream? Not trying to listen to homers the whole game.

I believe so. You could try to sync up the Illini radio broadcast if you wanted to.

 

[bombayIllini]

GCU kids are all fired up.

Hope we are ready.

 

[Illini_Jack]

I-L-L

 

[kiwanegarris22]

Nice home atmosphere they have going! We need to get those fans quieted quickly. Kofi might just be the guy.

 

[Whitmans Sampler]

I’m nervous. Ayo and Trent, lead us to the promised land.

 

[JFGsCoffeeMug]

Looking for Kofi to assert himself early and often. Don't think anyone on GCU should be able to keep up with him.

 

[IllinistuckinGopherland]

Let’s go!!!

 

[The Recruit]

I don't see any orange here! Going to be a lot of upset fans in purple tonight. Haha.

 

[Ken]

What type of budget is GCU working with ?

 

[rhymeswithorange]

What type of budget is GCU working with ?

I'm impressed so far

 

[Deleted member 182960]

wheres the poster that said it would be 50% orange?

 

[1867]

Is a pre-game prayer weird to anyone else? Like, not bad, but weird. I know we used to do prayers in the locker room, but never on the court. Does Liberty do that?