Recent content by ntsillinifan

So, if we were somehow able to match up our team last season with Hill, Tate, Abrams, TJL, Mav, Thorne, Finke Black and Kipper with AJ and DJW also on the bench coached by Groce with their 2016-17 individual strengths and weaknesses up against this year's team, who do you think wins? I think...

Shut down Happ and blow out the Badgers. Take your frustration at how you absolutely choked the game in Columbus away out on them. Illini by double digits in this one, and this time I hope BU doesn't call off the dogs like he did against Rutgers if we're up big late.

Michigan knocks off Minnesota in OT, leaving the Gophers stuck on 3 wins. This is good for the Illini as we need Minny, Wisconsin and Iowa to keep losing in order to have a better shot of climbing out of the bottom 4 in the league and thereby avoiding the Wednesday BTT games.

I've noticed this too.

In the offseason and early on this season, I heard lots of chatter about how we'd win some we should lose and lose some we should win with this young team. Well, we've had more than our share of games we should have won that we lost. Now it's time to start notching some in the "win some we...

I can't give up on this team even if I try. And believe me, I've tried. I am absolutely the definition of a diehard fan lol. Now, let's win this thing tonight and keep moving forward and make 1/30/18 the absolute last day in a looong time the Illini are the sole occupiers of the B1G cellar. Get...

Rooting for Nebraska over Iowa tonight. That would leave Rutgers and Iowa stuck on 2 wins and Wisconsin and Minnesota at 3 wins. Still holding out hope, no matter how slim the chances, of climbing out of the bottom 4 and avoiding the Wednesday games in the BTT.

Rutgers loses to PSU quite handily in the end. If we beat Rutgers Tuesday, we're officially a half game out of the B1G cellar lol. PSU won the big win against the Buckeyes and now over Rutgers. Doesn't that put them at .500 in the B1G? That's probably a tough win for the Illini, even at home.

I know Sanders is a load in the backcourt. But does anyone know how good Rutgers is in the low post?

I haven't seen anything on Jacob Epperson lately. In fact, he's not even listed as a prospect any longer over on Scout. Are we no longer recruiting him?

Can someone please give me a link to a high traffic MSU message board? Thanks.

That is staggering. Not surprising as I've followed probably every one of those games and know it has been ugly. But staggering.

I respect some of you folks' optimism. There is no way this team is going dancing. Malcolm Hill will go down as the most talented player in Illinois history to never go to the NCAA Tournament. That is really sad. I feel for the kid.

What is the current line on this game? I'm guessing the Kitties are favored?

Such is the life of the die hard Illini basketball fan in the Groce era. :(