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Is for the losing team? LOL
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Illini in OC
In. The. Alley.
Illini in OC
In. The. Alley.
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Line around the block looks like Kams from 1983. Good news - men's room is much nicer than the one at Kams
Line around the block looks like Kams from 1983. Good news - men's room is much nicer than the one at Kams
Illini in OC
In. The. Alley.
I met the Domasks at Hurricane. Even cooler than you would expect. Awesome ambassadors.
I asked about the basement ceiling. 16' and through solid rock.
I asked about the basement ceiling. 16' and through solid rock.
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Buddy and I bought Saturday tickets in the Illini section of the lower bowl the *millisecond* this went final tonight. Top three priciest ticket I’ve purchased in my lifetime.
I can live with it if we lose to UConn.
I could not live with it if I passed on the opportunity to sit surrounded by my own, deep in enemy territory, the night we took down #1 to reach the Final Four.
I can live with it if we lose to UConn.
I could not live with it if I passed on the opportunity to sit surrounded by my own, deep in enemy territory, the night we took down #1 to reach the Final Four.
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Also did anyone ever find out what hotel the team’s at because I cannot begin to fathom these same scenes if we do the thing on Saturday night:
For those in attendance, how orange and how loud for illini was it? Looked & sounded good on tv.
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A chunk of the UConn crowd left beforehand and what little SDSU crowd there was originally obviously joined them, so with those gone -
I’d describe crowd at that point like 45% Illini, 25% ISU, 30% lingering Huskies.
But it was very clear who the dominant traveling fan base was in the late game tonight, no contest at any point really.
I don’t think it’ll be as lopsided crowd-wise for UConn on Saturday as some would project. I’m gonna speculate like 65-35 UConn. A lot to overcome, not insurmountable.
Make free throws.
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Oh and in answer to your other question the Shannon steal & slam was uproarious.
That was actually the loudest I heard it in there at any point of *either* game but we also weren’t in the building yet for the first half of UConn.
That was actually the loudest I heard it in there at any point of *either* game but we also weren’t in the building yet for the first half of UConn.
89illini
- Grand Rapids, MI
So far my anti-jinx methodology is working. However, I do not recommend watching the game at 39,000 feet on BA's Wi-Fi. It sucks.
I get SDSU people leaving, souls crushed, don't care about hoops anymore, etc. But how do UConn fans not stay? Pay all that money for a ticket to begin with, see the #1 offense vs the #1 defense - great game, scout your upcoming opponent. Maybe the lateness of the day contributed but I want to see all the games I can.
Edit: and then you say you missed half the UConn game. LOL. No snark, just found this funny. I L L
If you live in Storrs or anywhere else in the Hartford area, staying to the end of the Illini game meant getting home around 2 a.m., after sitting around for a half-hour between games. I have to admit, I've been to several doubleheader games where the Illini have played first, some with really good second-game matchups. I always think that maybe I'll stay, but when the time comes, the half-hour wait usually gets me, and those are games at more decent hours.
To each their own and it was pretty late I'll agree.
Last example for me was Vegas last year. Four ranked teams, four games in two days, and I watched every minute.
I did sit through a four-game Thursday slog many years ago at the BTT. I was younger then and don't think I'd do that again. Too much for one day.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Really great to hear we had such a large (and LOUD) presence! Illini fans are almost back to that level of traveling in droves everywhere like in 2005. While it will be a relatively partisan crowd for UConn on Saturday, I will bet that very few Illini fans who were there last night don't attend this one, too ... and I bet/hope a non-negligible number of orange shirts scoop up ISU and SDSU tickets. We'll need 'em!
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Same as last night just scroll back in the thread a bit.
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All good. Reason for this is because the Illini pregame presence at Hurricane’s outside the Garden was so strong we were in no rush to leave. If SDSU had been giving them a better game we might’ve headed over a bit sooner but that wasn’t to be.
I’m expecting tomorrow to be an absolute scene at the bar. If you’re in town and went elsewhere for your pregame yesterday, don’t make the same mistake twice.
OrangeBlue98
- Des Moines, IA
Um, that may be the lowest bar I've ever read.Official UIUC Party
Line around the block looks like Kams from 1983. Good news - men's room is much nicer than the one at Kams
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I don’t believe this is accurate. My IFund Rep. said the Illini sections for Saturday are Loge 2 & 3 along with Balcony 303 & 304.
They did switch last week in Omaha from Thursday and Saturday as well.
Go Illini
Great intel. That was the Iowa state section last night right ?
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