Game Thread: Illinois at UCLA

[CDRUSN]

Let''s go into Pauley Pavilion and steal the Bruins' pick-a-nick basket.

 

[JJE]

My brother and nephew are at the game tonight repping the Illini. At least two Illini fans in the building tonight!

 

[skyIdub]

Mirk - 101
Teddy bears - stuffed

 

[aaeismacgychel]

I'm always leary when a team comes off an extremely good performance and has to play a decent team. Generally they revert back to the mean a bit that 2nd game. I also think UCLA is likely to have a bounceback effort tonight unless they're completely broken (entirely possible). You almost never see a tourney team get blown out 3 games in a row. In my opinion this will be a tough one. We need to attack the glass and win the 50/50 balls, and be clutch down the stretch. And hey, the only thing Keaton hasn't done for us this season is hit a walk-off buzzer beater for the win. I think that means he's due. Just win.

 

[Pikeillinifan]

78-74 UCLA. This is a tougher game than people realize.

Everyone thought we’d dog walk UW last year as well.

I hope I don’t jinx us, but we’re not losing this game.

 

[skyIdub]

I'm telling you.....we come out with the same defensive intensity as Indinia and USC....this is a 20 pt win. Don't be surprised.

If we relax.....it'll be a B1G road grind.

 

[BillyBob1]

We did… til almost the end. Weird game.

They had that one guy, shock, that went off against us. Made 7or 8 three pointers.

 

[foby]

 

[BillyBob1]

My brother and nephew are at the game tonight repping the Illini. At least two Illini fans in the building tonight!

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Those look like some throwback shoes.

 

[ThePortalMadeMeDoIt]

Oh the postgame thread might go very poorly. Way to many over confidence in here

 

[Dan]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2025369548916936948

 

[skyIdub]

Oh the postgame thread might go very poorly. Way to many over confidence in here

Indinia dropped 98 on them in Socal. MSU and scUM held them below 60.

Hell Cal Poly dropped 87 on them. They are a middle of the pack B1G team and have more drama than talent right now.

I'm not overconfident...I'm just confident. Illinois is a wagon when they commit defensively.

And do I even need to talk about the offense?

That's a rhetorical question.

 

[pruman91]

It's funny, we're in such a good place, and Skyy was such a weird, blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment that I genuinely could not care less that we're playing him. The best thing about his time here was that the staff learned the type of player they shouldn't recruit.

 

[RabidDawgClassic]

13 minutes til tip off. A lot of orange. Not much powder puff blue.

 

[illinifan1987]

I've got a really good feeling about this game. I'll stick with a 20+ point win. Keaton will break 30 again...possibly sniffing a triple-double

 

[Piotyr]

Illinois by 8.

 

[RabidDawgClassic]

With a win tonight, Brad will have victories on all 18 B1G campuses. I believe he’ll be the first coach to do that.

 

[WhereDoWeStandWithStorr?]

I hope I don’t jinx us, but we’re not losing this game.

Oh the postgame thread might go very poorly. Way to many over confidence in here

Nebraska postgame thread.

 

[Dan]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2025373076721111345

 

[pweo]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2025373076721111345

Not sure if it's good that I don't recognize a single name

 

[blife]

All I want is a W coming out of Pauley tonight. Don't care if it is by 1 or 100, just win baby. Keep this glorious season rolling.

 

[PlayDeeBrownNote]

My brother and nephew are at the game tonight repping the Illini. At least two Illini fans in the building tonight!

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Is it cold in LA? In the gym?

 

[From the cheap seats]

Not sure if it's good that I don't recognize a single name

I’m hoping we still haven’t heard about them after the game.

 

[PopChampaign]

As bad as it sounds, I want Michigan to beat Duke so they’re still #1 next week when we play them.

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

Any game without high knees and/or DJ is a positive.