Pregame: Illinois vs Chattanooga, Friday, March 18th, 5:50pm CT, TNT

[OrangeLife]

About the worst quadrant I can think of. Would've much rather had the 5 in place of Iowa, geez.

Those in the know suggesting we have been prepping only for tourney.

I expect new offensive and defensive schemes with full court pressure

True, there are two teams in our 4 better than anyone in theirs. Wisconsin with a 3???? We are a better team.

 

[VA Illini Chief]

Wisky with a 3. JOKE

And playing in Milwaukee. So wrong

 

[IlliniForceOne]

And playing in Milwaukee. So wrong

Against 11 loss Colgate.

 

[CentralILLini]

They don't have a Kofi, we'll be OK

Remember the 5* stud big man Kansas used to have?

 

[Oldskoolkoach]

Gotta beat Chattanooga first. According to Davis we are the underdogs.

I watched them twice this year, it will be a BATTLE

 

[illiniguy24]

It’s a tough region if we make it to the sweet 16. Houston is a favorable 5 seed draw IMO if we play them.

A rematch against Arizona gives me more hope than I would have had otherwise. Villanova is overrated IMO. Would expect Tennessee to win that potential matchup

 

[sacraig]

March Madness Committee and pairing Illinois against underseeded teams. Name a better duo.

Loyalty posters and digging for a narrative.

 

[BleedOandB]

Remember the 5* stud big man Kansas used to have?

If he is/was truly a 5* stud he wouldn’t have been run out of Kansas.

 

[GraingerDanger]

Just win baby

 

[DB11Headband]

Gotta beat Chattanooga first. According to Davis we are the underdogs.

Davis is an absolute clown.

 

[Dan]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1503132380860764166

 

[IlliniForceOne]

I watched them twice this year, it will be a BATTLE

Every tournament game is a battle. We were a lot of the talking heads favorite to win the entire dance last year and look where that got us. This team plays better with a chip on its shoulder so I am all for the Seth Davis’ of the world talking up, and even picking Chattanooga.

Have a glance at their schedule. They played 0 high major conference teams this year, and didn’t exactly plow through their conference.

It will be a tough game — but we we will win. I like how we match up against Houston as well.

 

[IlliniCaboose]

Would have really liked to have gotten to a couple games in person this year. Pretty salty about the locations .

 

[Loyalillini10]

Seth Davis: Not a big fan on the B1G

 

[westcoastillini]

Just play hard and smart Illini.

 

[frozenrope9190]

Taking a look at Chattanooga on KenPom. They haven't played a single Power 5 conference team this year, let alone beat them. Their best win was against VCU, they have a loss to Western Carolina.

Yeah, yeah, length and size and all that. If we wanna be good, this should be a handy win. But I'll settle for just any win.

 

[skyIdub]

Play our game and make shots. It's an easy game. If we don't make shots we might lose. An average game by Illinois should beat Chattanoogie by 10+.

 

[NoRival]

We should have been in the Midwest.

This sucks.

 

[KrushCow31]

Loyalty posters and digging for a narrative.

So Houston isn't #4 overall in Kenpom or...?

 

[eas23]

March Madness Committee and pairing Illinois against underseeded teams. Name a better duo.

Every team in our region is seeded exactly where they were projected.

 

[FloridaMan]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1503132380860764166

Grandi with no sling. Good news.

 

[Ignatius Shang]

Don't really like the draw, but I'll take it.
I-L-L!

 

[IlliniFaninHoosierLand]

Some perspective for Illini fans on here:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1503132104724340741

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1503133905246773251

 

[Champaign88]

Would really like to change places with Wisconsin right now. Feels like we should have won one more game and we would have, but at this point we can only play who’s in front of us.

 

[JoeJ]

Looked and saw there are tickets available, not sure if 1st session is all the games or not. 9 hour drive if I do it.
GO ILLINI!

ILL