It would be a tall task for Purdue to beat us on a neutral court in the semis the way Purdue is playing.
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Purdue still has to play Indiana at Mackey Arena on Sat.
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I think we have taken our lumps and go into march with a chip. I think if we had this lineup all year, this would be a different story but we still have a very good chance at the banner we all seek. We want a deep run. We want a Natty. I care.
It's bull we only got Wisconsin once because we'd no doubt sweep them
Not hard to see why someone would want to play on this Arizona team
It does stink that in the B1GT we could actually be playing Fri, Sat, and Sun before having to play with tired legs a first round game on Thur.
Wisconsin will be two seed in Midwest with path through Milwaukee and Chicago. Purdue just lost hopes of Midwest regional.
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Disappointed as I am that it is likely we won't be in first place, personally, I'd rather or am more focused now on our seed in the tournament and making a deep run in the tournament. First thing's first and that's our two home games we got left.
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The BTT has been a field day for nearly all decently competitive Illini teams. We have the third best record all-time, and that includes our 2010-2019 stretch; when our program has been on its feet, our performance in the BTT has been very impressive. Let’s keep that tradition alive!
I’d be asking how you take a team ranked 34th in defensive efficiency to 102nd the next year with the exact same group of guys. I think Painter is a good coach, but Purdue’s inability to defend at even a bottom-4-in-the-Big-Ten level is puzzling.
Yeah I'm perplexed by that. The one thing about Purdue is that Painter is like Keady in that he is probably in a pretty comfortable spot no matter how many NCAA tournament failures he has. And Keady had boatloads of embarrassing NCAA tourney failures. Their fanbase isn't as rabid as their rival is. Some will demand change but they will look at it as who else is going to coach that will be better.
Could do it at 19-1 if your loss is to a team you play twice.Very true, but the only way that you don't rely on other teams to lose to win a B1G title is to go 20-0. Guaranteed a co-champ without any help.
Dunno
I think IF we play a disciplined game, we win
The games which we have lost have mostly been games where we had no focus. Cannot have two guys responsible for 55 points and the others on vacation
Also, I expect us to be healthy. A full complement of players to select from and give breaks to
Doable
Aha. I agree, then!
1) Not until Sunday passes
2) B1GT is still open. WHAT-IF Illinois beats them by 25? Or even 10? (Doable, IF we are clicking)
I think everything depends on Illinois. Do we come to play or do we come to show up. Need every player to be focused. For once we should have a full, healthy group out there
I'm wondering if it's possible Big Ten doesn't get any teams higher than a 3. Efficiency based metrics don't love Big Ten this year. Kenpom has Purdue as the highest ranked at #13. NET at #12. Only Torvik has any Big Ten team in the top 10 with Purdue at #9. And none of them have Wisconsin in their top 20.
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I forgot which year it was hit once, the teams that split the championship all got 4seeds (maybe 3 of the 4?….it’s been a while). I could see something weird like that happening. In this case, if Indiana beats Purdue and Neb beats Wisc, and we win out, I could see something like that happening (3/4seed). Unfortunately, I think we have the most ground to make up to
Wisconsin better be thanking their lucky stars they didn’t have to play the Illini twice this year.
Kofi simply owns them.
Kofi simply owns them.
There's still a tournament left next week to change that.
Doesn't change the regular season though. Not sure if Illinois wins the BTT but I think Illinois has the best shot in the Big Ten to make a run in the real Tournament.
Wisconsin had 9, not 11.
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