Pregame: Illinois vs Penn State, Saturday, February 23rd, 11:00am CT, BTN
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I'll guess UI -1
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Punish them. I’m not discounting how good PSU is at all ... but an inspired, hungry and angry Illini team beats them by double digits.
I’ll take any win, though. Don’t let the Flyin’ Illini down, boys!!
I’ll take any win, though. Don’t let the Flyin’ Illini down, boys!!
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illiniswish09
- Northwest Suburbs
I truly don’t care how we do it but this is a must win to keep this thing going
Press them for 90 feet
illiniswish09
- Northwest Suburbs
Sooooooo yeahhhhh we need to be ready to go Saturday. Penn State playing their best ball right now. Absolutely dominated Nebraska tonight.
Actually kind of glad PSU had such a good game last night. Makes it very difficult for Illini to overlook them now. I don't think I've seen them play this year other than a minute here or there, but checking out their stats the things that stood out to me were they have some good bigs -- Stevens and Watkins/Harrar. Looks like AJ will need to put on his Superman cape and have a good game to help neutralize them. And Reaves has 66 steals, #14 in country spg. Hope we have a great crowd that team can feed off.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
My biggest hope is for psu to NOT have a bench player have a career game against us....I think they are prone to us making them speed up and have a bushel basket of TO's....yes, watkins and Stevens are a load but we have handled teams with better frontcourt players so I firmly believe we will win if we have an average shooting percentage game...and being at home should help immensely...
Illini 70
psu 64
Illini 70
psu 64
Whitmans Sampler
- Eastern Iowa
We’ve only played the Nittany Lions once with Underwood at the helm, losing at home last year by 22 points..:faint:But this time around? PSU doesn’t know the type of animal they’re about to step into the ring with.
Dan
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Flyin' Illini Set to Return Saturday
There will be a Meet & Greet, sponsored by Gameday Spirit, with the Flyin' Illini on the court after the game.
https://fightingillini.com/news/201...llini-set-to-return-saturday.aspx?path=mbball
There will be a Meet & Greet, sponsored by Gameday Spirit, with the Flyin' Illini on the court after the game.
https://fightingillini.com/news/201...llini-set-to-return-saturday.aspx?path=mbball
FeelYourPaign
- So Cal
Man, it would be fun to be there for that !
Bartovik has us ranked at 45 and PSU at 47. Not much difference.
Minnesota is 46.
Promises to be a battle unless we are shooting lights out.
Minnesota is 46.
Promises to be a battle unless we are shooting lights out.
I'm looking for the Illini to break out of the offensive woes that plagued them at Wisky, but still expect a pretty close battle. 74-70 good guys.
Illinois -5.5
If we can't win a home game against the last place team in the Big 10, well, then, um, we are not too good.
If we can't win a home game against the last place team in the Big 10, well, then, um, we are not too good.
This is the Big Ten. Anything can happen. You just have to make sure that the anything is your winning.
Dave Wilson's system at talismanred.com has Illinois ranked 94 and Penn State 63. Penn State is far better than their record. PSU has lost 6 games by 4 or less points. Guessing Kenpom would have them below us in luck category.
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