Illini Basketball 2026-2027

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pvaughn8
NarrowJ said:
I mean we were actually favored by a couple points going into the UConn game (and it was was 4 point game with 90 seconds left) so no kool aid is really required,
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I'm a bit of a pessimist and don't remember ever feeling excited that we would complete a comeback.

We weren't much of a comeback team. I just asked Gemini (too busy to verify) and we did not win any games where we trailed at any point in the final 5 minutes.
 
#452      
Mottman26
pvaughn8 said:
I'm a bit of a pessimist and don't remember ever feeling excited that we would complete a comeback.

We weren't much of a comeback team. I just asked Gemini (too busy to verify) and we did not win any games where we trailed at any point in the final 5 minutes.
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The Purdue game?
 
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NarrowJ
pvaughn8 said:
I'm a bit of a pessimist and don't remember ever feeling excited that we would complete a comeback.

We weren't much of a comeback team. I just asked Gemini (too busy to verify) and we did not win any games where we trailed at any point in the final 5 minutes.
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I don't think you have to be a pessimist to know that a 4 point lead with 90 seconds remaining gives a pretty big advantage to the team that has that lead. Wasn't even really meaning that, just saying it doesn't require koolaid to think we could have beat them considering it was that close late in the game (and also knowing we were a 1.5 to 2.5 favorite to begin with). This wasn't a -14.5 spread type of game where there's less than 10% chance we could win.
 
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hangdog
EmeraldCityIllini said:
I think AI failed you.
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#457      
NarrowJ
I've noticed AI is horrible at sports questions for some reason. If you ask it to give you a scouting report for this coming season's [insert college team] it will talk about seniors from 3, 4, 7 seasons ago as if they're going to play next year (though there's a NIL/portal joke in there somewhere).
 
#458      
pvaughn8
NarrowJ said:
I've noticed AI is horrible at sports questions for some reason. If you ask it to give you a scouting report for this coming season's [insert college team] it will talk about seniors from 3, 4, 7 seasons ago as if they're going to play next year (though there's a NIL/portal joke in there somewhere).
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I haven't used it much for sports, thanks for the heads up. It was Gemini by the way that misinformed me
 
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Zorak
NarrowJ said:
I've noticed AI is horrible at sports questions for some reason. If you ask it to give you a scouting report for this coming season's [insert college team] it will talk about seniors from 3, 4, 7 seasons ago as if they're going to play next year (though there's a NIL/portal joke in there somewhere).
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Gemini has consistently told me Kasparas still plays for Illinois.
 
#461      
NarrowJ
RollChief said:
Simple- AI was invented by nerds and training it with sports data was low on their priority list. We must tell Google and the other big tech companies that the noogies will continue until the models improve.
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Haha, that is probably the best explanation I've heard yet. Its pretty good at web development, for example (lol). 🤓

Zorak said:
Gemini has consistently told me Kasparas still plays for Illinois.
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Yes, this is exactly the sort of thing I've noticed with it.
 
#462      
pweo
These official Carolina tickets are pricey. Minimum $204 via IFund - they're only selling 100 level though.
 
#463      
lstewart53x3
NarrowJ said:
I've noticed AI is horrible at sports questions for some reason. If you ask it to give you a scouting report for this coming season's [insert college team] it will talk about seniors from 3, 4, 7 seasons ago as if they're going to play next year (though there's a NIL/portal joke in there somewhere).
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Gotta use Claude Fable 5:

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#464      
Da88
pweo said:
These official Carolina tickets are pricey. Minimum $204 via IFund - they're only selling 100 level though.
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Agreed. I was thinking around 150 a pop. $204 is for the corner of 100 level.
Sidelines are $304 while Sideline/corner are $250.
I want to wait to see what the presale in October is charging for 200 level and up, but that's after the window closes for the IFund. I don't think it will sell out, but I also don't want to get pushed into the secondary market and pay a ton there.
Decisions, decisions.
 
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