altenberger22
- South Carolina
Plus......Michigan will be returning from a 2+ week hiatus (once they eventually play again), so they may be extremely rusty.
Pregame: Illinois vs Iowa, Friday, January 29th, 8:00pm CT, FS1
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lstewart53x3
- Scottsdale, Arizona
While we have an additional loss or two than most of us would’ve liked at this point, we’re holding steady at #7 on KenPom.
Time to go out & earn that ranking.
Time to go out & earn that ranking.
I would. We'd win that game!
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I don’t know who is going to win this game, but would love to see McCaffrey v DMW part 2
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
NCAA College Basketball Rankings: AP Top 25 Basketball Poll
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You would never know it based on the complete meltdown on the Hawkeyes fan-boards since the Hoosiers loss. They hate everyone right now except Garza and oft-injured and oft-punchable CJ Fredrick (edit - stupid extra 'e')
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
This is a big one. For a rare change, I have very little doubt that there will be ANY lapse in focus or energy for this matchup ... it's simply a matter of if we can execute. If we throw the Indiana playbook at Iowa and can get them feeling uncomfortable and off their game, and we can of course hit our own shots, there is ZERO reason we can't play as a more complete team and beat them. However, if our defense isn't on its top game, the combo of Garza and their shooters will make you pay and then some. I'm nervous and could see quite a few outcomes, but MAN would this be the win necessary to get us back on track!!
P.S. We have now been in the AP top 25 for 23 games in a row! For those of us how care about rankings and what they mean for the program (#TeamRankingsMatter), that is now our longest streak since Dee left campus!
Here are our previous records:
21 games during the 2011 season (11/8/2010 to 1/27/2011) ... broken by a loss at Indiana
13 games during the 2009 season (1/20/2009 to 3/5/2009)
12 games during the 2013 season (11/28/2012 to 1/17/2013) ... broken by a blowout home loss to Northwestern
8 games during the 2010 season (10/26/2009 to 11/28/2009) ... broken by THE Utah and Bradley losses in Las Vegas
5 games during the 2012 season (12/7/2011 to 12/22/2011)
From 2004 to 2006, we were ranked for 86 games in a row.
Here is the highest we climbed during each streak, which we have also broken by getting up to #5 this year:
2011: #12 ... before the UIC loss at the United Center
2009: #18 ... before THE 38-33 loss to PSU
2013: #10 ... after beating #10 Gonzaga at their house!
2010: #21
2012: #19 ... before the UNLV beatdown at the United Center
P.S. We have now been in the AP top 25 for 23 games in a row! For those of us how care about rankings and what they mean for the program (#TeamRankingsMatter), that is now our longest streak since Dee left campus!
Here are our previous records:21 games during the 2011 season (11/8/2010 to 1/27/2011) ... broken by a loss at Indiana
13 games during the 2009 season (1/20/2009 to 3/5/2009)
12 games during the 2013 season (11/28/2012 to 1/17/2013) ... broken by a blowout home loss to Northwestern
8 games during the 2010 season (10/26/2009 to 11/28/2009) ... broken by THE Utah and Bradley losses in Las Vegas
5 games during the 2012 season (12/7/2011 to 12/22/2011)
From 2004 to 2006, we were ranked for 86 games in a row.
Here is the highest we climbed during each streak, which we have also broken by getting up to #5 this year:
2011: #12 ... before the UIC loss at the United Center
2009: #18 ... before THE 38-33 loss to PSU
2013: #10 ... after beating #10 Gonzaga at their house!
2010: #21
2012: #19 ... before the UNLV beatdown at the United Center
We will clearly have effort this game. Which is honestly the only thing we've lacked this year at times I hope CJ plays because he is way off right now with his little baby foot bump a couple games back and he can continue his shooting woes at Assembly Hall.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Don’t Make Ayo Mad - Emotional Illini Hold Off No. 18 Iowa 78-76
An emotional Ayo Dosunmu lifted No. 23 Illinois to a 78-76 win over No. 18 Iowa to allow the Illini to get the double-bye in Big Ten tournament.
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“It’s just we don’t like each other, simple as that,” Dosunmu said. “They want to kill us. We want to kill them. There’s no sweetie or nothing like that.”
" Well Jimmy, that's the leader of the Walken Warriors cutting through the BS.......Wow........"
I love the Walken Warriors
Lack of focus at the free throw line was IMO the killer against Mizzou. 9 fewer points on 3 fewer FTAs. Defensively, we turned them over (9 steals to 4), but when we fouled, they made us pay. They marginally out-rebounded us on the offensive end. Other than that, both teams were atrocious from 3, and we beat them by most other statistical measures.
Our free throw shooting has been dangerously off at times, and if we're in a rock fight, that's no bueno.
Our free throw shooting has been dangerously off at times, and if we're in a rock fight, that's no bueno.
How did Iowa lose to Indiana?
Indiana played really well defensively ......made Garza work for his points and Iowa shot the ball from the perimeter poorly
They scored less points.
Iowa was coasting with a lead in the second half, then went cold and could not buy a basket. Live by the 3 die by the 3.
And instead of a traditional double on Garza, with both players holding their arms straight up, the second defender attacked the ball from Garza's blind side, and turned him over a ton in the last ten minutes.
They’re gonna live by it a lot more than they’re going to die by it. And that philosophy is analytically sound.
Yep. Lots of teams struggle to even score 2pt field goals, and go cold from inside the 3pt line.
You make a team full of shooters like Iowa, you’re gonna more good nights than bad.
Iowa missed 2 or 3 shots in a row, turned the ball over once, and they were down 10 points in a blinkl of an eye with six minutes to play Bohannon missed 9 shots, did not score, average 17 a game. Be nice if the Illini would run into a few cold-shooting teams in the coming stretch of games. Iowa 5/21 from three, missing shots seemed to slow their defense down.
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I think we have to repeat our strategy against Michigan and Wisconsin last year and keep on their shooters and play Garza straight up, maybe with the occasional dig like Indiana did. With Kofi, we ought to be able to play Garza straight up about as well as anyone in the country.
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