3/19 Games Thread

[Fly Illini Fly!]

Awful, awful missed dunk by Sienna. Complete momentum killer

 

[thehass]

Hate to see a big ten team lose but love to say adios to Boyd.

 

[TheChief4Life]

So when do we start to believe? I'm not there, especially after missing 2 dunks on the same possession.

We'll see how they respond in the next couple minutes after missing two dunks and Duke getting 2 FT out of it. They're missing some shots now.

 

[Kernal12]

If our game goes anything like the Wisconsin or Duke games I don't know that I will survive the night.

 

[Altuve27]

Nick Boyd has his heart ripped out his chest in consecutive games, the second one ending Wisconsin’s season.

Don’t even TRY to convince me basketball Gods don’t exist.

 

[New Creation]

These scores are crazy right now.. all eyes on the Duke game right now.

 

[IndyOrange]

Awful, awful missed dunk by Sienna. Complete momentum killer

Those were huge misses. Duke gonna cut it to 7 soon.

 

[OrangeBlue98]

If Duke loses, I’ll have to reenact the “Homer sinking into the bushes” GIF personally for my take that this year’s tournament would be boring chalk.

 

[hoopsfan47]

I'm one for four in picks. I should just never do this.

LOL...I get asked every year who to pick. But there are so many unpredictable outcomes that it is an exercise in futility....so I stopped picking a bracket. Now I am never wrong and can pull for the underdog indiscriminately. Much less stress and frustration....not to mention more enjoyment....until the Illini lose.

 

[PNWIllini]

You just know there’s someone out there picking based on mascots that had Siena over Duke. “Saints are better than Devils”

 

[Huggies5]

I always root for the Big Ten in the tournament, but Wisconsin losing brought me joy.

 

[TheChief4Life]

Shots not falling for Sienna this half. Worst case scenario of them for the first 4 1/2 minutes of the second half I think.

 

[Piotyr]

You had to figure at some point Duke would look like the better team.

 

[TheodoreRex]

Siena looks exhausted already- can't win a game only playing 5 guys.

 

[TheChief4Life]

It's also starting to become more and more clear that Sienna hasn't subbed. They look tired.

 

[PopChampaign]

These upsets have me well… just a bit concerned for us later. I think it’ll be closer than Vegas has it

 

[From the cheap seats]

If our game goes anything like the Wisconsin or Duke games I don't know that I will survive the night.

Pretty sure this site wouldn’t survive…

 

[Piotyr]

Duke with a 9-0 run, Siena still leads by 4.

 

[TheodoreRex]

Every shot is short for Siena- no chance to win this one now

 

[Scoregasm]

Siena big is awful.

 

[Illini2010-11]

These upsets have me well… just a bit concerned for us later. I think it’ll be closer than Vegas has it

That is fine with me. I am perfectly happy with a 20 point win and our backups playing a large chunk of the back half of the 2nd half.

 

[IndyOrange]

Sienna missing bunnies

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

Awful, awful missed dunk by Sienna. Complete momentum killer

Another possession with 2 straight missed layups.

You can just always count on a bad team being a bad team.

 

[TheChief4Life]

Two big threes! Hopefully that's some momentum back.

 

[NarrowJ]

If Siena doesn't sub, I'm not sure how they can win... guys will be absolutely gassed the last 4-8 minutes

By the way, my xfinity is back up (magically fixed itself somehow... not complaining!)