Illinois at Texas Tech, Tuesday, November 10th, 7:00pm CT, Peacock

#3      
RollChief
-8 Vegas line favoring the Illini to open. Calling it
 
#5      
March2TheArch
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Tech’s making a mess of a buy game.
 
#17      
Timj83
Will be interesting how this style plays against our big non con opponents and what adjustments we then make off of that as we get Mirk back in the fold. Will all the new guys be able to hold up enough on D for us to keep the pedal on the gas like we have? Im skeptical against Duke/UConn. They got the athletes and coaching to take advantage especially this early but certainly have the firepower to play with them regardless. However if by Feb we can roll out this many players and play this pace with enough D......salivating.
 
#18      
lstewart53x3
Texas Tech has underperformed so far. 37.5 point favorite against Jackson St and won by 34. Then 29.5 point favorite against Bethune-Cookman tonight and won by 18.

For comparison, we were 39.5 point favorites over FDU and won by 75. Then 29.5 point favorites tonight and won by 42.

Altogether we’re +48 ATS after two games and they’re -15.
 
#20      
NarrowJ
chudaman said:
without jt toppin tech does not have a knockout punch
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What they do have is two 5th year seniors who both shoot lights out from 3 and three dynamic, shifty little guards which is our kryptonite the last 2-3 seasons. They'll rotate the 3 of them so they'll be fresh the whole game. And a bunch of fairly strong and athletic forwards that will defend and rebound.

The underperforming we think we've seen with their performances vs Jackson St and Bethune are because they haven't shot the ball well. If outside shots are dropping for them, its going to be tough.

They do lack size, so hopefully we can exploit that.
 
#22      
Second place is 1st loser
NarrowJ said:
What they do have is two 5th year seniors who both shoot lights out from 3 and three dynamic, shifty little guards which is our kryptonite the last 2-3 seasons. They'll rotate the 3 of them so they'll be fresh the whole game. And a bunch of fairly strong and athletic forwards that will defend and rebound.

The underperforming we think we've seen with their performances vs Jackson St and Bethune are because they haven't shot the ball well. If outside shots are dropping for them, its going to be tough.

They do lack size, so hopefully we can exploit that.
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These are the facts. This is going to be a HUGE test to see how are 40 minutes of chaos hold ups, especially on the road. This is a tough, tough style of play to sustain against good teams, especially on the road, where the home crowd doesn't give you that energy push when tired.

It'll be interesting for sure.
 
#23      
OrangeBlue98
Second place is 1st loser said:
These are the facts. This is going to be a HUGE test to see how are 40 minutes of chaos hold ups, especially on the road. This is a tough, tough style of play to sustain against good teams, especially on the road, where the home crowd doesn't give you that energy push when tired.

It'll be interesting for sure.
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I’ll also add that Grant McCasland is one of the best tactical coaches in the college game. He’s on the short list of coaches that could scheme something up to slow down this offense.

Fascinating game coming up on Tuesday.
 
#25      
foby
Close in the first half, pull away in the second when they are just flat out worn out.

Us 89-72
 
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