Pregame: Illinois vs Nebraska, Sunday, February 4th, 5:30pm CT, BTN

[Se Il Illini]

I still call it Assembly Hall and likely always will.

As do I.

 

[IlliniGman7795]

It's unfortunate that most of her fandom has seen mediocre to downright terrible seasons since then. Up until the 19-20 season anyway

Yeah, that has been rough. But her love has never wavered. We have been to around a dozen games over the years with the most recent being the Bethune Cookman game in December '22. When she started playing volleyball in 2010, we started coming to volleyball games too. A few trips we were able to stay a couple days and catch both on the same weekend. Even came to the sweet 16 match against Marquette in 2018.

 

[JFGsCoffeeMug]

Nebraska is still undefeated at home and winless on the road in conference play. Good thing for us that this game will be in Champaign.

 

[1970 John]

I still call it Assembly Hall and likely always will.

My car’s nav system calls it the Assembly Hall.

 

[rtbritt]

Man, it'd be so stinkin' huge if we beat Nebraska and Wisconsin beats Purdue.

 

[derrick6]

Let’s see a game plan executed for 40 minutes

 

[Fighter of the Nightman]

We will have to play a lot better than we have the last 2 home games. Huskers are pretty good. If the Illini come out sleep walking like they have it will be a long Sunday!

Our performance vs. OSU after the slow start puts away Nebby.

 

[LuckyIllini]

Random thought. How come BU doesn’t run any zone? They have the length, size, athleticism to disrupt passing lanes or double and recover. Why not force teams to shoot over you?

 

[CentralMaroon]

Glad to have some rest before this one. We'll have our legs, and the Huskers will be playing their second game in less than 48 hours (an OT emotional victory). If we don't win by 15+, it's because someone is playing hungover.

 

[OrangeBlue98]

My car’s nav system calls it the Assembly Hall.

As I readily submit to our robot overlords , I also still call it the Assembly Hall.

 

[illinifan1987]

Glad to have some rest before this one. We'll have our legs, and the Huskers will be playing their second game in less than 48 hours (an OT emotional victory). If we don't win by 15+, it's because someone is playing hungover.

 

[Illini in Italy]

Nebraska beats Wisconsin tonight, loses to us Sunday.

from your keyboard to the basketball gods' ears my Illini friend!

 

[illini0440]

Random thought. How come BU doesn’t run any zone? They have the length, size, athleticism to disrupt passing lanes or double and recover. Why not force teams to shoot over you?

We aren't a zone team. Few teams are. There isn't enough practice time to be able to effectively teach all there is to teach the principles of zone to run it effectively for extended periods of time.

 

[RML]

Let’s see a game plan executed for 40 minutes

And adjusted, if needed.

 

[ChiefGritty]

Great news that Nebraska will come to town fat and happy off of a headline-grabbing win

 

[Monticello]

Glad to have some rest before this one. We'll have our legs, and the Huskers will be playing their second game in less than 48 hours (an OT emotional victory). If we don't win by 15+, it's because someone is playing hungover.

72 hours. The 4th is Sunday. I thought it was a Saturday game too.

 

[skyIdub]

Great news that Nebraska will come to town fat and happy off of a headline-grabbing win

KFC victory party?

 

[IllinoisIntegrity]

I said it in an earlier post, I can’t even remember the last time I heard an I-L-L chant! Come on, that’s like mandatory/prerequisite at a home game. No chants or jumping after tipoff drives me bananas too. Has staring at smart phones and social media subdued our fanbase? Not sure what the disconnect is with our students now.

 

[RockfordIllini]

Feel like we will need to go 9-1 to have a shot at the BIG title, including wins over Wisconsin and Purdue. Not impossible especially if we get our defensive bite back and TJ returns to form. But we have to take care of business Sunday.

 

[Loyalillini10]

Dominant erupt

 

[Bigtex]

but but but

2nd half we only outscored OSU by 5. First half Illinois outscored OSU by 7

 

[Icy veins]

Feel like we will need to go 9-1 to have a shot at the BIG title, including wins over Wisconsin and Purdue. Not impossible especially if we get our defensive bite back and TJ returns to form. But we have to take care of business Sunday.

So you think Purdue wins all of their other big ten games besides our matchup? I could easily Purdue lose 1 (even 2) more besides our game with them

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

So you think Purdue wins all of their other big ten games besides our matchup? I could easily Purdue lose 1 (even 2) more besides our game with them

The likelihood of us running the table with road games versus Wisconsin, Michigan State and yes, I'm going to include Maryland on the list.... isn't great. We don't have one high profile win, yet we're going to bank on three of them in one month(MSU, Wisconsin and Purdue)?

That seems far more unlikely than Purdue running the table until they play us.

 

[One Man Fast Break]

What record do the Illini need to have a ticket locked and loaded before the month of March hits (3 regular season plus Conference Tournament in March)?

 

[Birdus]

Man, what a job Hoiberg is doing this year. I know a lot of people who would vote for Brad for COY. That being said, Hoiberg and maybe even Collins could get a little love. Now, I don't care about either team and I am not saying that I think they will win. Maybe some accolades though. Props, whatever. At this point, they both seem to be going to the dance. Someone had mentioned Painter to me the other day. I told them that if you include him, you might want to throw the home officials in with him Their home game officiating can be preposterous at times. I remember last year at Mackey when Bozo help guide Meyer down to the deck when he was in mid air. Should have been a flagrant but was not called. Meyer would up on the deck in some pain.