This from post injury/surgery/recovery?!
If so, I just imagining Brad had the same look on his face as he did when Tomi smashed the guitar lol
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If so, I just imagining Brad had the same look on his face as he did when Tomi smashed the guitar lol
That's not a player that looks like he's missing a month of the season.
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- Cary-Grove, the better Trojan team
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- Cary-Grove, the better Trojan team
Both sides of Bridgestone are really big, it's an Areana Grande.
Whether you are or not, you are offically a Dad. LOL. You can see yourself out now.Both sides of Bridgestone are really big, it's an Areana Grande.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Now that we have a few more preseason rankings, here are a few comparisons of Big Ten teams! Just like the AP Top 25, my composite below will give each team points based on its rank in each poll* (e.g., #1 = 25 points, #2 = 24 points ... #25 = 1 point).
FOX
#3 Illinois
#4 Michigan State
#15 Michigan
#18 UCLA
#22 USC
#25 Indiana
CBS
#3 Illinois
#7 Michigan State
#16 Michigan
#20 UCLA
#22 USC
#25 Purdue
#26 Indiana
ESPN
#3 Illinois
#6 Michigan State
#17 USC
#22 Michigan
#24 UCLA
KenPom
#4 Illinois
#7 Michigan State
#16 Nebraska
#21 Ohio State
#24 Purdue
EvanMiya
#3 Illinois
#8 Michigan State
#13 Michigan
#21 UCLA
#25 Nebraska
ON 3 (FKA Rivals)
#3 Illinois
#6 Michigan State
#14 Michigan
#20 UCLA
#22 USC
#24 Purdue
CBK Report (Instagram)
#3 Illinois
#8 Michigan State
#16 Michigan
#19 Nebraska
#24 UCLA
#25 USC
Composite Points
160 - Illinois
136 - Michigan State
60 - Michigan
29 - UCLA
22 - USC
18 - Nebraska
5 - Purdue
5 - Ohio State
2 - Indiana
Composite Rank
(Rough Guess Based on Selecting / Reviewing the Averages)
#3 Illinois
#7 Michigan State
#16 Michigan
#21 UCLA
#22 USC
RV - Nebraska, Purdue, Indiana
NR - Ohio State
FWIW, here are some notes on how the RV teams could get ranked...
1) Anything can happen, but if Nebraska can beat a decent Providence team on November 7, they will not face another true challenge until hosting Ohio State on December 2, arguably not until a December 5 trip to (mediocre) Creighton and possibly not even until they play Mizzou in Kansas City on December 12. They could easily ride a soft schedule to a 10-0 start, and that would easily get them in the top 25, IMO.
2) Purdue opens with Gonzaga (likely top 15) in Vegas, and then they have at least 7 straight games where they will be heavy favorites before hosting Iowa on December 1. Given their recent history of success, if they are 8-0 with a win over Gonzaga, they will DEFINITELY be ranked.
3) Indiana starts with a soft schedule (surprise!!), but they will likely have to beat Arkansas (likely top 20) at Madison Square Garden on November 17 or Kentucky in Indy on November 20 to get ranked. However, never underestimate the media's desperate desire for this program to be relevant again!
4) They did not show up on this list, but watch out for Iowa. I think they're very underrated, and they should be 7-0 heading into a 3-game stretch of at Purdue, vs. Indiana and vs. Iowa State (fringe top 25?). If they can go 2-1 in these (likely sweeping the home games), they will be ranked, as well.
So, there should be a lot of top 25 matchups on our schedule, and that is always exciting!! We have multiple practically guaranteed ones (Duke, UConn, MSU, Texas Tech, Michigan), a few more that are very likely (UCLA, USC) and we have several opponents that could easily be ranked when we face them (Missouri, Purdue x2, Nebraska, North Carolina, Iowa, etc.).
* I gave Indiana a point for being #26 in the CBS poll since they brand that ranking as a "Top 25 and 1."
FOX
#3 Illinois
#4 Michigan State
#15 Michigan
#18 UCLA
#22 USC
#25 Indiana
CBS
#3 Illinois
#7 Michigan State
#16 Michigan
#20 UCLA
#22 USC
#25 Purdue
#26 Indiana
ESPN
#3 Illinois
#6 Michigan State
#17 USC
#22 Michigan
#24 UCLA
KenPom
#4 Illinois
#7 Michigan State
#16 Nebraska
#21 Ohio State
#24 Purdue
EvanMiya
#3 Illinois
#8 Michigan State
#13 Michigan
#21 UCLA
#25 Nebraska
ON 3 (FKA Rivals)
#3 Illinois
#6 Michigan State
#14 Michigan
#20 UCLA
#22 USC
#24 Purdue
CBK Report (Instagram)
#3 Illinois
#8 Michigan State
#16 Michigan
#19 Nebraska
#24 UCLA
#25 USC
Composite Points
160 - Illinois
136 - Michigan State
60 - Michigan
29 - UCLA
22 - USC
18 - Nebraska
5 - Purdue
5 - Ohio State
2 - Indiana
Composite Rank
(Rough Guess Based on Selecting / Reviewing the Averages)
#3 Illinois
#7 Michigan State
#16 Michigan
#21 UCLA
#22 USC
RV - Nebraska, Purdue, Indiana
NR - Ohio State
FWIW, here are some notes on how the RV teams could get ranked...
1) Anything can happen, but if Nebraska can beat a decent Providence team on November 7, they will not face another true challenge until hosting Ohio State on December 2, arguably not until a December 5 trip to (mediocre) Creighton and possibly not even until they play Mizzou in Kansas City on December 12. They could easily ride a soft schedule to a 10-0 start, and that would easily get them in the top 25, IMO.
2) Purdue opens with Gonzaga (likely top 15) in Vegas, and then they have at least 7 straight games where they will be heavy favorites before hosting Iowa on December 1. Given their recent history of success, if they are 8-0 with a win over Gonzaga, they will DEFINITELY be ranked.
3) Indiana starts with a soft schedule (surprise!!), but they will likely have to beat Arkansas (likely top 20) at Madison Square Garden on November 17 or Kentucky in Indy on November 20 to get ranked. However, never underestimate the media's desperate desire for this program to be relevant again!
4) They did not show up on this list, but watch out for Iowa. I think they're very underrated, and they should be 7-0 heading into a 3-game stretch of at Purdue, vs. Indiana and vs. Iowa State (fringe top 25?). If they can go 2-1 in these (likely sweeping the home games), they will be ranked, as well.
So, there should be a lot of top 25 matchups on our schedule, and that is always exciting!! We have multiple practically guaranteed ones (Duke, UConn, MSU, Texas Tech, Michigan), a few more that are very likely (UCLA, USC) and we have several opponents that could easily be ranked when we face them (Missouri, Purdue x2, Nebraska, North Carolina, Iowa, etc.).
* I gave Indiana a point for being #26 in the CBS poll since they brand that ranking as a "Top 25 and 1."
Just think when gets back in game shapeThis from post injury/surgery/recovery?!
If so, I just imagining Brad had the same look on his face as he did when Tomi smashed the guitar lol
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Looking at the seat map, I am assuming 108 would also be in there. If we assume the UNC sections would be "mirrored" behind the other bench, they would be 105, 104, 103 and 102. That would only take up the following section of the arena:
I will let someone who was at the game vs. Tennessee last year speak to this, but it seemed like we had nearly an entire half of the arena ... and I would guess that our turnout would not be smaller vs. UNC than it would be vs. Tennessee in Nashville, specifically. I'd bet that anything on the left side of that arena will be mostly Illini fans!!
When will the AP preseason poll be released? I’m assuming Monday or the Monday after?
