13-1 at home, terrible on the roadTrying to get a read on Minnesota. They seem to be all over the place.. Some good wins, some bad losses. Blown some teams out, been blown out.
13-1 at home, terrible on the roadTrying to get a read on Minnesota. They seem to be all over the place.. Some good wins, some bad losses. Blown some teams out, been blown out.
Gophers are 13-1 at The Barn but have yet to win a game on the road. Their only home loss was to Maryland. They beat Iowa by 7, OSU by 17, and Michigan by 18. In their last home game they squeaked by Purdue 71-68. They were trailing with less than 20 seconds left.
Hopefully we are not overconfident after the beatdown we put on them in Champaign. I foresee another nail-biter. I'm predicting we win 74-70. We have an Ayo and they don't.
Ref, "extremely tough at home..."Minny might be utterly hopeless on the road but they are extremely tough at home.
I wouldn't be upset at all if we dropped this one.
Look for Vegas to be in the Illini -4 or -5 range.Minny might be utterly hopeless on the road but they are extremely tough at home.
I wouldn't be upset at all if we dropped this one.
good post, based on facts, not hyperbole like other posters have opinedKenPom giving us a 66% chance of victory. Minny is freakishly good at home.
Minnesota has talent so I don't think there is room for playing down to talent here. We either stomp them or it's a tight oneI think we win but continuing to play to the level of our competition is a recipe for an early out in the tourney. We need to dominate lesser teams.....period!
He is allowed to post his opinion. That is what the forum is about. A free exchange of ideas and opinions.Why even post it? To sound smart if we lose? Or just to instigate? There's no other reason.
For sure. Need to be in top 75 for a road game. Minnesota is currently 52.Look for Vegas to be in the Illini -4 or -5 range.
This will be a Q1 game in all probability.
He is allowed to post his opinion. That is what the forum is about. A free exchange of ideas and opinions.
I may disagree with his opinion, but that doesn't mean he doesn't get to post.
That being said, Illini by 9. These last two games and the adversity can make a team grow and sharpen the edge. In the past, we would have dropped the last two games.
That's my opinion, and it's an uneducated one. Fire away.
He is allowed to post his opinion. That is what the forum is about. A free exchange of ideas and opinions.
I may disagree with his opinion, but that doesn't mean he doesn't get to post.
That being said, Illini by 9. These last two games and the adversity can make a team grow and sharpen the edge. In the past, we would have dropped the last two games.
That's my opinion, and it's an uneducated one. Fire away.
Yeah that's what I'm talking about. I love the back and forth.Yeah, of course, but...meh. If it was a post with some actual insightful opinion on why it's being chocked up as a loss, ok. But it's not. It's the first post of this pre game thread with only two reasons...the one's I mentioned...to make it.
How on earth could you say you'd be "shocked" to beat a team you blew out just two months ago? Not logical.
We'll likely be favored by Vegas as well.