2/10 Games

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Rocky
GBIllini said:
SIU thought they hit the lottery when Lowery took them to the sweet sixteen in his first year which is comparable to final four for a P5 school. Then followed with one of the highest rated recruiting classes they ever had. A few years later they were buying him out. The program is still trying to climb out of the hole he dug. There are similarities between him and Howard.
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Must be tough to win consistently if you are not a P5 program. Great season and all of a sudden that expectation bar rises. Gonzaga has seemed to get past that problem.
 
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GBIllini
Rocky said:
Must be tough to win consistently if you are not a P5 program. Great season and all of a sudden that expectation bar rises. Gonzaga has seemed to get past that problem.
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Lowery's first year was the 6th or 7th year in a row for ncaa tournament bids for SIU. They were actually starting to get compared to Gonzaga as one of the best mid major programs in the country. You're right SIU ran into problems, couldn't keep it going.
 
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Rocky
Snoopy said:
Longer term we are better with Howard missing the tournament. If he reclaims any reputation as a coach by pulling off a Purdue upset to sneak into the tournament, adds a couple tourney wins, then Illinois is battling him for every 4-5 star out of Chicago that doesn’t go blue blood for the next 10 years.
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This above and some of that star recruiting class going portal can be the only logical reasons for rooting against MI tonight, as I suspected. Fair enough. I'll take the short term perspective first and foremost, though. The rest will follow. This is our year, and we want at least a 3-seed to bring us to New Orleans.
 
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zentrails
GBIllini said:
Lowery's first year was the 6th or 7th year in a row for ncaa tournament bids for SIU. They were actually starting to get compared to Gonzaga as one of the best mid major programs in the country. You're right SIU ran into problems, couldn't keep it going.
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Yep, the reason given for the Weber hire, IIRC
 
#34      
frozenrope9190
I guess I've got more faith that Illinois can still win a banner even if Purdue wins than Michigan getting to the dance if they win. I want Michigan to get skunked out.
 
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#38      
Rocky
And Iowa at Maryland? Those that want MI tonight must also want Iowa to win. They're unlikely to take 8 teams from Big Ten.
 
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ptgd1
Rocky said:
It's games like these that you'll see Illini fans split on who they want to win. And that reflex you talk about is quite common ... whoever is trailing at the time, you root for.
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I just hope that they beat each other up and wear each other down so much that whoever wins this game loses their next five games and whoever loses this game loses their next six games.
 
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doowink
Not a lot of D in the Iowa-Maryland game...both teams combining for over 90+ points in first half😳
 
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DICKnaggie
Bohanon going off for Iowa. He has struggled from 3 all year I believe, but is lighting it up tonight.
 
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