Pregame: Illinois vs Iowa, Wednesday, January 25th, 8:00pm CT, BTN
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I have a prior engagement at that time, and I don't even care...
This is truly now a must-win. There's not a plausible route to the NCAA tournament if you drop this one.
I find it hard to really argue there's any plausible road to the tournament either way, because we still have to go on the road and win gameS -- not just 1.
Going to be another loss. Jok scores 30+ on our sad excuse for "defense".
haasi
- New York
Obviously need this one.
BlindLoyalty
- FartNoiseMotivation
I think more importantly, it's a must win to keep this season from getting really ugly. Or maybe it's a must lose depending on your point of view.
i hate to say it, but i'm not planning to watch. I see enough bad basketball watching my 9 year old's team, but at least his coach can get the players to play.
Probably the last holdout here, but I'm now ready to see Groce go
Probably the last holdout here, but I'm now ready to see Groce go
I'd let it go. We're going to get smoked by Iowa. Unless we come out with a killer attitude, I think we get run out of the gym.
RedRocksIllini
- Morrison, CO
I admire your optimism. I think we need an absolute minimum of 7 more conference wins to even sniff the bubble and I don't see that happening. The Michigan game today was a must-win and we saw the level of effort. We have too many guys not bringing it every game to expect many W's. Combine that with the complete lack of preparation from the coaching staff and I expect no better than a 5-13 conference record. I really hope you're right and I'm wrong.
danielb927
Orange Krush Class of 2013
- Rochester, MN
This'll be a barn-burner indeed. But, I'll be watching. True fans watch, even in the worst of times. I'll be watching to see how this soap opera continues.
Illini1221
Peru,IL
Deciding to go the Illinois State game Wednesday night, rather than watch this dumpster fire.
I'm sad we're at the point of tallying viewership but yeah... I'll watch.
Well, we could lose this one and win out, that'd work
There's always the Alford championship path.
No way. We've been pretty solid at home for the most part and Iowa is not a good team.
To those saying there's no plausible route to the tournament, you're wrong. But things are looking very bleak. Lose one of the next two and we're pretty much done.
I'd think we win this one. Then lose @ PSU and @ home to Wisky.
Then the Death March can begin in earnest.
For those looking for a glimmer of hope, Iowa is 0-3 in B1G road games thus far season while losing by an average of 20 points in those games. They lost by 22 @ Purdue, 3 @ Nebraska, and by 33 @ Northwestern.
So are they us or are we them?
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