Loyola lost to Drake last night and is off today
2/20 Games
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I rather see Purdue lose than Rutgers win. I don’t root for other teams to win only for others to lose
Mich wins today then badgers beat boilers. It’s ours for the taking.
Wokker
- "The Good Land", WI
What a great year in a great conference!
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
Half the conference legitimately in the hunt for the title with 14 days remaining in the season. And our Illini in the driver's seat. Gotta love it.Dickinson might be the biggest tool in the country. Acting like an All-American after an and-1 over Davison who is 8 inches shorter. It sucks to root for them to win.
DeonThomas
- South Carolina
I know they're both in the hunt, but neither Wisconsin or Michigan State is the best team in the conference. They'd better not win it.
Illinois - yes.
Purdue - sure.
Rutgers - five great starters, but nothing else
Illinois - yes.
Purdue - sure.
Rutgers - five great starters, but nothing else
I think Harper’s out, which would make it tough for Rutgers.
Wokker
- "The Good Land", WI
Two guys I hope continue to take cheap shots at each other. They both deserve it
And it is a long and winding road after all.
Chad Fleck
- Eureka, IL
We can be rooting for Houston and Providence to lose right now as well.
I hate Iowa, Indiana and scUM with a passion and for the rest of my days on Earth will never, ever, ever be able to root for them to win anything, even if their winning helps the Illini.
The rest of the BIG, sure.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Remember when we were a clear Bubble team at this point in the year and we were rooting for "good teams" that we beat or were about to play to do well so that we could have a desperate chance at a signature win? And our fans mostly just defaulted to cheering against teams they hated like Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, etc.?
MAN, it feels good to "have to" root for an unlikable Michigan team simply because the only thing on my mind is hoisting a Big Ten Championship banner in Champaign during our last home game vs. Iowa.
P.S. It's interesting to compare homecourt advantages to when I was first watching college basketball as a kid (2001 to 2006 ... great time to grow up as an Illini fan!). I feel like the intensity inside even the best venues fluctuates WAY more today than it did 20 years ago or so. I have seen games this year where the Kohl Center was indistinguishable from Iowa as far as the atmosphere goes, but it sounds/looks like a great atmosphere today. Similarly, the atmosphere inside SFC for the Arizona game was truly on par with the old days - loud every single play with the Krush bouncing up and down all game long - but there have been other games where it seems dead. Must just be one of those things as TV gets bigger and bigger.
MAN, it feels good to "have to" root for an unlikable Michigan team simply because the only thing on my mind is hoisting a Big Ten Championship banner in Champaign during our last home game vs. Iowa.
P.S. It's interesting to compare homecourt advantages to when I was first watching college basketball as a kid (2001 to 2006 ... great time to grow up as an Illini fan!). I feel like the intensity inside even the best venues fluctuates WAY more today than it did 20 years ago or so. I have seen games this year where the Kohl Center was indistinguishable from Iowa as far as the atmosphere goes, but it sounds/looks like a great atmosphere today. Similarly, the atmosphere inside SFC for the Arizona game was truly on par with the old days - loud every single play with the Krush bouncing up and down all game long - but there have been other games where it seems dead. Must just be one of those things as TV gets bigger and bigger.
Mich hanging close, Wichita St winning and Butler is crushing the Friars
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
I hope you mean you like his game, because I don't remember a Big Ten player since a certain turncoat who played for IU around 2008 that I personally dislike more, haha.
Turpin & Tate in 2008!
- Addison, IL
I assume you mean you like Dickinson's game? I find him to be highly unlikable as a human being based on his on court behavior.
You guys aren’t gonna believe this, but BIG refs making some awful calls in this one.
Also, Michigan has one timeout left for 12 minutes. Nice job, coach of the year.
Also, Michigan has one timeout left for 12 minutes. Nice job, coach of the year.
Michigan building a house with all these bricks. They look really bad when their shots aren’t going in
Ignatius Shang
5th year PhD, school of Information Sciences
- Champaign, IL
Providence 34:47 Butler with 11:50 to go. If Providence lose this we are very likely to jump them in rank.
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