Illini Basketball 2023-2024

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Fighter of the Nightman said:
Now that this awesome website has made all college hoops ratings available, I thought it would be fun to revisit which Big Ten teams have drawn the best so far. Below is average viewers overall for each Big Ten team. Keep in mind there were some early season Big Ten games that REALLY drag everyone's average down, and I am frankly too lazy to go in and cherry pick them out for "better data," haha. As a funny example, only 38k watched Maryland play UMBC on BTN, and 19k watched St. Francis (PA) at Penn State, lol. On the flip side, one massive result (e.g., MSU/Arizona drawing 5.2 million on FOX) can REALLY push things up.

OVERALL
Michigan State: 731k
Purdue: 590k
Illinois: 443k
Ohio State: 425k
Indiana: 387k
Wisconsin: 322k
Michigan: 342k
Iowa: 294k
Nebraska: 249k
Maryland: 231k
Rutgers: 184k
Northwestern: 174k
Minnesota: 172k
Penn State: 150k

TOP TEN MOST VIEWED GAMES
5.18 million for #21 Michigan State vs. #3 Arizona (FOX)
1.59 million for #2 Purdue vs. #4 Marquette (ESPN)
1.51 million for #18 Michigan State vs. #4 Duke (ESPN)
1.46 million for #20 Illinois at #17 Tennessee (CBS)
1.45 million for #2 Kansas at Indiana (CBS)
1.39 million for #2 Purdue vs. #7 Tennessee (ESPN)
1.23 million for Michigan State at Maryland (CBS)
1.21 million for Ohio State vs. UCLA (CBS)
1.06 million for #4 Purdue vs. Alabama (FOX)
988k for Ohio State at Michigan (FOX)

ILLINI TOP AND BOTTOM FIVE
1.46 million for #20 Illinois at #17 Tennessee (CBS)
904k for #9 Illinois at #1 Purdue (FS1)
768k for #20 Illinois vs. #11 FAU (ESPN)
571k for #14 Illinois at Michigan
571k for Michigan State at #10 Illinois
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212k for Rutgers at #14 Illinois (BTN)
163k for FDU at #11 Illinois (BTN)
137k for Western Illinois at Illinois (BTN)
111k for Southern at #23 Illinois (BTN)
85k for Colgate at #16 Illinois (BTN ... RIGHT during a Bears game, too)

Anyway, just for fun. I am also quite positive Illini/Indiana on FOX last weekend will have a very good rating, but that information is not out quite yet.
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You want your games on FOX, CBS, or ESPN and the MSU-Arizona game was on Thanksgiving Day right after the Lions and Packers game so it had a larger audience for a reason and not necessarily because of the teams that played. I think if Purdue or Marquette or UCONN had played in the same timeslot, you're probably looking at similar ratings
 
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Thaillini22

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How about we go on a run of 6-1 in our next 7, to get to 22-6 (13-4).

Then how about after losing a close one in Madison, we beat top-5 Purdue at home and Iowa on the road to get to 24-7 (15-5)?

Is that a 3-seed?
 
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sacraig

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Thaillini22 said:
How about we go on a run of 6-1 in our next 7, to get to 22-6 (13-4).

Then how about after losing a close one in Madison, we beat top-5 Purdue at home and Iowa on the road to get to 24-7 (15-5)?

Is that a 3-seed?
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24-6 (16-4) is preferable.
 
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21ChampaignSt

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With an AdjOe of 121.6, this is our best offense since 2005.

We're one of the 10 best offenses of the last 4 years and one of the 50 best offenses of the last 23 years.

BU's 2017 OK St. team is actually the 2nd best AdjOe on record. (2015 Wisconsin is 1st.)
 
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NarrowJ

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Second place is 1st loser said:
I think that our lack of "marquee" wins won't allow us to get that high. What's with bracket matrix having us as a 5, per the Peacock telecast?
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We have opportunity for a couple yet, though. Original post had us beating #2 Purdue as a part of their scenario. If we are coming off of a 8-2 stretch that ends with beating Purdue, I can certainly see us as a 2.
 
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sacraig said:
The season ain't over, friend. Still some Q1 wins available plus games against Purdue and Wisconsin that would be marquee wins.
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Agree that the opportunities, while limited, to drastically increase our profile are there, but I think that we need all of them to start talking about a 2 seed. That Maryland loss will be an anchor around our necks and not finishing off that NW was a missed opportunity.

That said, big time kudos for our guys in navigating some extremely choppy waters. Proud of the players and staff.
 
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WyattEarp

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21ChampaignSt said:
With an AdjOe of 121.6, this is our best offense since 2005.

We're one of the 10 best offenses of the last 4 years and one of the 50 best offenses of the last 23 years.

BU's 2017 OK St. team is actually the 2nd best AdjOe on record. (2015 Wisconsin is 1st.
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Yep, the good old, old timey Spread Offense too. (carefully tailored for his personnel that year.) 😆

I like to be reminded of that fact from time to time. They ran probably less ball screens of anybody in the country too. :)


Somebody outta tell/remind Derek Piper who said not too long ago…that the Spread offense wasn’t proven at the P5/P6 level. I guess he didn’t follow basketball prior to the 2017-2018 season. lol.
 
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jumpingjack

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Gotta love Buck - this tweet says it all about his attitude and the togetherness of this team🧡💙
 
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CoalCity

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Oldskoolkoach said:
Not surprising, but TSJ left off late season Top 20 Wooden list
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That list is utter trash, probably half of the guys on it have no business being there. It's like the voters said "Oh I've heard of him, he was a big time recruit he must be good".

No Braden Smith either. Like him or not he's having a hell of a season.
 
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I know that there is chatter about Dain's future as an Illini being uncertain, but put me firmly in the camp of wanting him to stay. IMO, he's 20-30lbs away from being in ideal shape for what he can bring to the table. Perhaps that's asking for too much given how hard he has had to work to stay in shape but I just don't want to see a big with so much potential leaving us when we've had so little depth in the frontcourt.
 
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Old Farm Illini said:
I know that there is chatter about Dain's future as an Illini being uncertain, but put me firmly in the camp of wanting him to stay. IMO, he's 20-30lbs away from being in ideal shape for what he can bring to the table. Perhaps that's asking for too much given how hard he has had to work to stay in shape but I just don't want to see a big with so much potential leaving us when we've had so little depth in the frontcourt.
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The insiders have alluded to Morez being guaranteed a near-starting spot next year which makes it tough. From Dainja's perspective, he's going to be a senior, why stay at a school where a freshman will play over you? Also Amani will hopefully be on the rise and also in contention for serious minutes next year. Dainja just doesn't fit.
 
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NarrowJ

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FinallyMadeAnAccount said:
The insiders have alluded to Morez being guaranteed a near-starting spot next year which makes it tough. From Dainja's perspective, he's going to be a senior, why stay at a school where a freshman will play over you? Also Amani will hopefully be on the rise and also in contention for serious minutes next year. Dainja just doesn't fit.
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As it is now, we really only have 3 bigs next year: Dain, Morez, Amani. Dain isn't a guy that can play the 4, but I think all three of them can co-exist. Jakstys is unlikely to factor in to the rotation next year. We'll probably pick up a big in the portal too (can't have too many bodies at those positions in case someone goes down to injury).
 
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I-L-L

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NarrowJ said:
Could even be a 2... not going to be a lot of P5 teams with only 7 losses imo (but lets win in Madison too, why not??)
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Win in Madison and beat Purdue at home and we win the Big 10 title. Assuming we finish 15-5. Wisconsin has 5 or so games that could easily be losses. Purdue only has two really tough ones on the road at Wisconsin and at Illinois. They do have Mich. St. and Wisconsin at home still. Hard to cheer for this, but would be nice for them to slip up at Michigan or at Ohio St. Let's say 15-5 wins a share of the title. That means we can only lose 2 of the following - at Wisconsin, at Maryland, at Iowa, at Mich. St., at home vs. Purdue. If we're as good as I think we are we'll win the rest of the games. I think we can beat Purdue at home with TSJ back to old form. I think we can win at Maryland and Iowa as well. At Wisconsin and at a desperate Mich. St. will both be tough (as will Purdue, who I said we can beat at home). The fact is there is a path to a title. But more importantly I'd like to see us just keep getting better and better and be ready to roll in March. ILL
 
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FinallyMadeAnAccount said:
The insiders have alluded to Morez being guaranteed a near-starting spot next year which makes it tough. From Dainja's perspective, he's going to be a senior, why stay at a school where a freshman will play over you? Also Amani will hopefully be on the rise and also in contention for serious minutes next year. Dainja just doesn't fit.
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BU does like having different pieces so I think they would welcome him back. Maybe he gets more playing time elsewhere but does it improve his professional chances? Not sure where it comes out but we need more frontcourt help with Hawk and Q leaving. Should be number 1 priority. DGL, Buck, Ty, Luke, and Butler give us options at guard but experienced help to replace Hawk and TJ would be first on my list. Jakstys playing equal mins. to Hansberry this year wouldn’t surprise me.
 
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