Pregame: Illinois vs Maryland, Thursday, January 6th, 6:00pm CT, ESPN2

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Dan

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Illinois vs Maryland
Thursday, January 6th
6:00pm CT
ESPN2
 
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sacraig

The desert
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Chad Fleck

Eureka, IL
I watched a little of MD @ Iowa.

Not very impressed. Seemed similar to Minny.

I'm glad tonight's game was so easy going.
 
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Maryland has owned us recently and I believe has beaten us 7 out of the last 8 games, including a couple heartbreakers.. Granted they don’t have Trimble, Cowan, or Smith anymore but they can still be dangerous. We need to be careful here and make sure we get it to Kofi as they really can’t match up with him. Playing Maryland always reminds me of the 2000 Maui game we had with them when we were both ranked in the top 10 and we beat them. That was some high level basketball.
 
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sacraig

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Maryland has owned us recently and I believe has beaten us 7 out of the last 8 games, including a couple heartbreakers.. Granted they don’t have Trimble, Cowan, or Smith anymore but they can still be dangerous. We need to be careful here and make sure we get it to Kofi as they really can’t match up with him. Playing Maryland always reminds me of the 2000 Maui game we had with them when we were both ranked in the top 10 and we beat them. That was some high level basketball.
Meh. Not worried. Anything that happened prior to the 2019/2020 season might as well be ancient history. Our program is night and day since then.

Winners win. Bury them.
 
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Meh. Not worried. Anything that happened prior to the 2019/2020 season might as well be ancient history. Our program is night and day since then.

Winners win. Bury them.
I'm not sure if anyone on our roster has beaten more than once so it's time for some revenge
 
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With the changes due to proof of vaccine/negative test what would you say would be a good time to show up to stadium?
 
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Maryland has owned us recently and I believe has beaten us 7 out of the last 8 games, including a couple heartbreakers.. Granted they don’t have Trimble, Cowan, or Smith anymore but they can still be dangerous. We need to be careful here and make sure we get it to Kofi as they really can’t match up with him. Playing Maryland always reminds me of the 2000 Maui game we had with them when we were both ranked in the top 10 and we beat them. That was some high level basketball.
The last time we beat Maryland at home was January 7, 2015!
 
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The last time we beat Maryland at home was January 7, 2015!
I was just about to post that playing Maryland always worries me a bit. We haven't played well against them for some reason. Let's flip that ship.
 
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With the changes due to proof of vaccine/negative test what would you say would be a good time to show up to stadium?
I'm planning an extra 15 minutes. I try to get there 10 minutes before tip-off as seats are normally right inside the door, but who knows how this will all go down. If they were smart about it, they'd have some sort of express lane for those with season tickets where you get checked and then you are good to go for the rest of the year, speeding up the process for everyone else.

However, I'm guessing it will be a gaggle at the start.
 
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A couple buddies and I are coming over from Peoria for Thursday's game. Both of thier first time. For me a ton since the mid 70s. I hope Covid doesn't limit the turn out like it seems to have in other venues. We have safety measures in place and I hope the Hall if rockin! N yes it will always be the Hall to me!
 
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I’m a fan, not a player, so I’ll admit to getting greedy after that! Another beatdown Thursday and a long winning streak as Purdue comes to town sounds real nice….
We rarely seem to have a schedule like this. January always seemed to be set up poorly for us. This year it seems like it's really optimal for giving us a head of steam and confidence. We get OSU and Wisconsin just once and both at home.
 
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Illwinsagain

Cary, IL
I saw the procedure for getting in (proof of vaccination or negative test a couple days prior), but my daughter is concerned about "building access denied" due to needing 2 negative tests to get into campus buildings. I trust that the SFC is exempt from this rule? If they are not allowing students in, I can't imagine that they would be allowing general public. I have a 3 hour drive and hotel room on the line here.

edit: I just talked to SFC, just proof of vaccination or recent test. The building access denied does not apply.
 
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We rarely seem to have a schedule like this. January always seemed to be set up poorly for us. This year it seems like it's really optimal for giving us a head of steam and confidence. We get OSU and Wisconsin just once and both at home.
But we don't get Minnesota again and only once (I think) against Penn State and Nebraska. Naturally, Purdue and Wisky worry me.
 
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You have to beat the best to be the best. If we are who we think we are, we won't prove it by playing a weak schedule. Bring on the heat.
Agree completely, I'm much more afraid of bad losses than hard games. Maybe getting more shots at the lower tier big ten teams in a year where we're on the bubble is a positive, but a freak loss to a sub 100 team is going to do more damage to a resume than a couple losses to top 25 teams. Give me pu, wisc, msu, whoever is a top flight team twice a year. Q1 losses are borderline meaningless on selection Sunday, assuming you've got a good collection of wins.

Games against MD scare me more than PU this year.
 
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