Pregame: Illinois at Penn State, Sunday, March 6th, 11:00am CT, BTN

[Dan]

Illinois at Penn State
Sunday, March 6th
11:00am CT
BTN

 

[WesterveltVictoryCigar]

Fortunately not on ESPN for once, maybe we can keep it under 20?

 

[FeelYourPaign]

Fortunately not on ESPN for once, maybe we can keep it under 20?

I was hoping we could get 50.
20? Wow, you're really pessimistic

 

[frankfortillini]

Hoping we beat PSU, how did this become the norm?

 

[WesterveltVictoryCigar]

I was hoping we could get 50.
20? Wow, you're really pessimistic

I was talking about the margin of the loss, obvi.

 

[TCTORNADO]

Chris Collins' NW team has not quit on him, they are up by 20 3:00 into the 2nd half @ Happy Valley.

 

[FeelYourPaign]

I was talking about the margin of the loss, obvi.

Oh I know.
Seemed funnier at the time
Sorry

 

[1970 John]

I'll be there. Need someone to finish the other half of I-L-L-...:thumb:

 

[mdonsbach]

I'll be there. Need someone to finish the other half of I-L-L-...:thumb:

You'll have at least my wife and I. Hopefully a reason to start the chant.

 

[Adnarel]

Hopefully the lions are declawed for this game. We need all the help we can get...

 

[1970 John]

You'll have at least my wife and I. Hopefully a reason to start the chant.

Or the other thing to do is when the Penn State fans do their "We are--Penn State" chant, we (and any other Illini at the Penn State game) insert "Illini" in between the "We are" and the "Penn State." Because the arena will be quiet in those spaces, not only will we be heard, but it will come out as "We are Illini." :thumb:

 

[illini80]

So if we win, we play Rutgers in the B10 tourney. If we lose we get Minny who lost another player. I'd rather play Minny obviously, but how awful it would be to lose to Rutgers. It's hard to beat even a bad team 3 times. Especially if your not very good. I guess I'll worry about that after we beat PSU!

 

[Dan]

Game Notes

BTN: Tom Werme and Shon Morris

http://www.fightingillini.com/news/...ll-illinimbb-game-31-notes-at-penn-state.aspx

 

[TCTORNADO]

Vegas consensus UI + 3.5 pts.

 

[Jreed322]

Vegas consensus UI + 3.5 pts.

So essentially a toss up after factoring in home court right? Or is that only for football?

 

[1970 John]

So the discussion about Illinois/PSU has been completely overwhelmed by the new hire...?

 

[WesterveltVictoryCigar]

So the discussion about Illinois/PSU has been completely overwhelmed by the new hire...?

Yes, we know Groce is staying and this is essentially a completely meaningless game on a Sunday morning.

 

[Adnarel]

Hey, now. It's more tick for JCL to get that record under his belt.

 

[TCTORNADO]

Hey, now. It's more tick for JCL to get that record under his belt.

JCL's magic number to tie the record is 7. It might not happen today. What elite company to be in--Bradford. Jamar., DJRich, Dee, McCamey.etc.

 

[FeelYourPaign]

JCL's magic number to tie the record is 7. It might not happen today. What elite company to be in--Bradford. Jamar., DJRich, Dee, McCamey.etc.

Probably not today. Hoping he gets 3 more games. That would be a lot better than 2 (for several reasons, not just JCL's chances at a record)