Pregame: Illinois vs Wisconsin, Wednesday, February 2nd, 8:00pm CT, BTN

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Fighter of the Nightman
I want to start by saying that I am INCREDIBLY happy that "our NCAA Tournament resume" isn't at the top of my mind right now ... it's winning a damn Big Ten championship, and the rest will take care of itself! :cool: With that said, here is a look at B1G teams we have beaten so far, ranked by their NET Rankings:

vs. #112 Rutgers (Q3)
at #24 Iowa (Q1)
at #87 Minnesota (Q2)
vs. #99 Maryland (Q3)
at #191 Nebraska (Q3)
vs #53 Michigan (Q2)
vs. #20 Michigan State (Q1)
at #78 Northwestern (Q2) ... Would be great for them to sneak up to #75!

Tonight is a huge chance to REALLY put ourselves in position to be playing for a good enough seed to get placed in Chicago ... also some huge opportunities coming up. Like I said, we will truly have the opportunity to play ourselves into an elite seed over the next few weeks ... just keep winning, baby!

vs. #21 Wisconsin (Q1)
at #30 Indiana (Q1)
at #8 Purdue (Q1)
vs. #78 Northwestern (Q3) ... Hoping for this to eventually be Q2 if their luck improves!
at #112 Rutgers (Q2)
at #20 Michigan State (Q1)
vs. #19 Ohio State (Q1)
at #53 Michigan (Q1)
vs. #88 Penn State (Q3)
vs. #24 Iowa (Q1)

SEVEN Quad 1 opportunities (four of them on the road, we know the Committee loves that stuff!) and one Quad 2 opportunity at Rutgers. If we just keep playing our game and avoid any REALLY catastrophic letdowns at home (i.e., vs. NU or vs. PSU), there is no other "bad" loss on our schedule.

Sorry for the super long post, but for reference, here's where we were RIGHT around this date in past seasons (not the exact date, as some key games happen between about 1/29 and 2/4 every year!):

2022: 10-5 (6-3), ranked #22 ... probably looking at a 5-seed with our wins. Beat #7 Iwoa at home and finished winning 13 of our last 14 (counting the BTT) and earning a 1-seed!

2004: 13-5 (4-3), unranked ... won a tight game at Indiana and then won 11 straight before falling to Wisconsin in the BTT title game. Earned a 5-seed (criminal!), finished ranked #12 and won the Big Ten outright!

2002: 15-7 (4-5), ranked #21 and just lost three straight ... finished winning our last 8 regular season games, ranked #10 on Selection Sunday, earned a 4-seed and won a share of the Big Ten title!

1985: 18-7 (6-5), ranked #17 and just lost 3 out of our last 4 ... went on to win 6 of our last 7 games and play our way into a 3-seed and final ranking of #12!

All this rambling is to say that our season will be made in the next month or so ... and I think we are about to hit our stride, at full strength, tonight and never look back!
 
#406      
Steelyunk
What did I miss?



Never mind.

backing up homer simpson GIF
 
#407      
pruman91
altgeld88 said:
I shall warn you, good sir, as I have been similarly chastised, that such flippant (nay, gratuitous) posts require an "/s" or shall be subject to the fulsome, vehement, righteous, and unrelenting opprobrium of the assembled Loyalty rabble.

That is all.
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Hey bud , who you calling rabble ?????
 
#408      
ptgrd23
Andre is the BOMB!

You act like he fumbled 4 times in the first half of the Rose Bowl then dropped a wide open TD pass when Iowa was coming back. Wait that was Ronnie Harmon of Iowa.

No idea why you hate Andre or any other Illini player. The team does not need fans like you.
 

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#411      
ptgrd23
B10 basketball - neither rain nor snow will stop it!

Fans - be safe out there. Game is also on TV.
 
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Dan
#415      
texillwek
altgeld88 said:
I shall warn you, good sir, as I have been similarly chastised, that such flippant (nay, gratuitous) posts require an "/s" or shall be subject to the fulsome, vehement, righteous, and unrelenting opprobrium of the assembled Loyalty rabble.

That is all.
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If they can’t decipher sarcasm on their own, let ‘em stew and/or bring the opprobrium!
 
#416      
pruman91
altgeld88 said:
@pruman91, as you're no doubt aware, different community norms apply to your posts. :cool:
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Don't try and get "" high "" and mighty with me bud ...................
 
#417      
bartwa
greyghost70 said:
This is exactly why there is so much controversy about Williams on this board. No one has said anything negative that I've seen in this post and yet we have to have this kind of cute comment. You're right, you are confused.
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I’m buzzed but I think he was being ironic. It kinda sounds like he thinks Williams is a really valuable member of the team.
 
#424      
ptgd1
It's really good to see Illini Nation having so much fun on the afternoon of the next biggest B1G Game.

It's a sign of confidence and swagger and fearless!

I'm sure our team feels the same way.

Go Illini. Kick some Badger tail!!!
 
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doowink
greyghost70 said:
This is exactly why there is so much controversy about Williams on this board. No one has said anything negative that I've seen in this post and yet we have to have this kind of cute comment. You're right, you are confused.
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The Lion King Sarcasm GIF
 
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