Pregame: Illinois vs Iowa, Saturday, March 28th, 5:09pm CT, TBS

[OrangeKrush1981]

Coach Underwood's take on Coach Antigua: "He's great for me. I have a tendency to coach kinda the glass half empty. ... I want the perfect game ... He's got a tremendous way of looking at it as the glass is half full."

And there it is: how a coaching staff can become greater than the mere sum of it's parts.

In sharp contrast to this statement's self-reflective nature are the posts of the argument-prone on this terrific site (I'm not talking about debate). Snooty even. Self-important. Condescending. Gloating.

But worry not, Orangistas (hm, that might be a pretty awful term. Check that: it is completely awful): I have gotten better in recent years at reading right past the eye-rolling remarks of the large-egoed argumentarians. I post this feedback for the (unlikely) edification of the quarrelsome.

 

[RockyMtnIllini81]

Don't look forward. Don't look back.

 

[Altuve27]

Have to make free throws. I don’t know what has happened, but that has become a major issue.

 

[ds2]

Headed to Houston tomorrow morning, does anyone know what end of the court and/or what section the Illinois bench will be on? Also, is the pre-game meetup in the same spot as Thursday? Sorry if this has been asked/answered earlier...go Illini!

 

[BlueFlag]

I am not changing a thing. The same illinois shirt I wore for the first 3 games.

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Good . . .

But, please tell us you didn't wash it between games.

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

As for both Teams...

Forget the regular season records. Forget what happened yesterday. None of that earns You one single point in the game coming up. Forget history. Any team that gets this far has proven it is a team good enough to GET THIS FAR. And if you are such a team, you just might be one that can go all the way.

Don’t even look at the name or colors on the other jersey. It doesn’t matter. They are just somebody that is rudely standing in your way from where You want to go. That’s all the matters to You. And you need to do something about that.

One Game. One limited set of possessions. One eventual final outcome from all those many trips up and down the floor and infinities of outcomes from multiple human beings in motion. A blizzard from which some kind order arises from some percentage of chaos.

Hopefully you bring your best both mentally and physically. Because whatever happens... both sides will live with the results of this game for the rest of their lives.

And so will we. The beauty of March Madness that brings Sanity for One and Sadness for all the rest.

Good stuff man

 

[HailtotheChief]

Actually, I think it was Ed Horton....

Both did

 

[BillyBob1]

Actually, I think it was Ed Horton....

Gamble played for the Celtics. Don’t think Horton made the league.

 

[Orangetool]

Having 5 players on the floor at all times is key.

Cold.

 

[illini0440]

Is there any chance that BU would wear the Lou Henson orange sport jacket. Personally I would think great?

No

 

[Heisenbobble]

Gamble played for the Celtics. Don’t think Horton made the league.

Horton had a short stint with the Bullets.

 

[Dawgss4life]

Tomi is in love.

 

[OurMottoisOskeeWowWow]

There's never been a game in my life that I want to win and not just win, I want to destroy the Iowa Squawks.

 

[AnnaMay]

Have to make free throws. I don’t know what has happened, but that has become a major issue.

I think they were just exhausted from playing 40 minutes of D. Something they hadn't really done all year for both halves lol.

 

[jumpingjack]

Plus Stirtz was in foul trouble in our last meeting. Might not be the case this time around, so game could have an entirely different feel for both teams.

First team to figure out the officiating wins.

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

Have to make free throws. I don’t know what has happened, but that has become a major issue.

I think they were just exhausted from playing 40 minutes of D. Something they hadn't really done all year for both halves lol.

Nerves and angst was the factor against Houston. There was numerous stoppages for catching your breath.

 

[Altuve27]

I think they were just exhausted from playing 40 minutes of D. Something they hadn't really done all year for both halves lol.

There’s something to that.

 

[Deep]

 

[joeybcrazy13]

 

[joeybcrazy13]

 

[AnnaMay]

We have avoided Courtney Green. He is officiating the Iowa State v Tennessee game. High knees is still in play, which i guess he would make sense to do our game against Iowa to make it an official B1G game with complete trash officiating tomorrow.

 

[Poe's Law]

Been waiting for a special moment to break the seal on these beauties.

So, just like BU, my gameday sneaker rizz will be…..ELITE!

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[doowink]

Probably white script for this one....but this would be a great surprise...

I approve of this message!!

 

[Rebounding Dog]

We have avoided Courtney Green. He is officiating the Iowa State v Tennessee game. High knees is still in play, which i guess he would make sense to do our game against Iowa to make it an official B1G game with complete trash officiating tomorrow.

Our 3 tourny games have neen games where I am not making comments about bad calls! Pretty refreshing! Big ten officiating has been terrible!

 

[Fighter of the Nightman]

Probably white script for this one....but this would be a great surprise...

Would have loved to see those earlier, but I think at this point it would be a bewildering and unfortunate decision to move away from Orange Script.

Hopefully ~Mr. Biggs~ agrees and drops his obsession with switching up uniforms at an equal rate each.