Week of 2/12 Games Thread
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BillyBob1
- Champaign
Another player left earlier with a knee injury. Ruled out at halftime.
Jordan Geronimo.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Not sure who to root for in this game. We would need Iowa (67) and Maryland (81) to be top 75 for a win at either place to be Quad 1. I guess I’ll default to rooting against Iowa, lol.
Officials letting MD play very physical D. Iowa can't find a shot.
Auburn absolutely demolished South Carolina
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Iowa folded SO hard, we better smoke them twice.
Gotta keep Young off the free throw line … 13-13 tonight.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
The past couple weeks I begin to worry about their freshman Harris-Smith. He notched 17 tonight. Looked lost a month ago. Not so much now. VA player of the year last year.
I know this is for College games, but....
P.O.D.Z. - what might have been. Dang.
P.O.D.Z. - what might have been. Dang.
GrayGhost77
- Centennial, CO
Guess their KenPom ranking was way more accurate than their poll ranking.
This week's EM update:
- Purdue is pulling away in standings and EM. It's not close right now.
- Illinois is way ahead in 2nd now, for what it's worth.
- MSU and Wisconsin basically identical at this point, mostly because Wisconsin has gone on some weird 2 week bender that destroyed their efficiency numbers.
- Nebraska still a completely different team at home vs on the road. Except when they played Illinois. They have a soft closing schedule that may or may not work out well for them.
- Among the rest, Rutgers is really the only team playing competitively consistently of late.
- Michigan has effectively given up completely, and are a good 3 games shy of a chance at avoiding a day 1 BTT game.
- Purdue is pulling away in standings and EM. It's not close right now.
- Illinois is way ahead in 2nd now, for what it's worth.
- MSU and Wisconsin basically identical at this point, mostly because Wisconsin has gone on some weird 2 week bender that destroyed their efficiency numbers.
- Nebraska still a completely different team at home vs on the road. Except when they played Illinois. They have a soft closing schedule that may or may not work out well for them.
- Among the rest, Rutgers is really the only team playing competitively consistently of late.
- Michigan has effectively given up completely, and are a good 3 games shy of a chance at avoiding a day 1 BTT game.
Illinois up to #8 kenpom. Time to do a rain dance, get a voodoo doll, cast a spell, befriend a gypsy.... Whatever it takes to undo the vice grip Maryland has on us.
Gosh, my old high school gym had more seats than this gym. Lots more.
Don’t forget Illini killer Donta Scott -_-
Bigtex
- DFW
I don't think it was an either or. Domask playing with Dennis would have been the best case scenario.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Right and I'm sure we paid much much less for Domask, probably the steal of the NIL carousel.
But then and now, Dennis is kind of exactly the player this team is missing to take it up a level. C'est la vie. Learn the lesson for the future.
Still trading offense for defense when offense is not our problem.
illinoisgrad1990
- Bloomington, IL
Excited to watch Caitlin Clark set a record tonight, but I have to say this makes me question her personal judgment: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/caitlin-clark-boyfriend-connor-mccaffrey-204000777.html
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