Illinois vs Penn, Thursday, November 5th, 7:30pm CT, FS1

#79      
Kernal12
Am I the only one slightly worried about this game tonight? Veteran tournament team from last year with their best guys back and a high level coach. And we are starting three freshman, including two that might not have even been recruited by Penn. I love our team and what it could become this year but are we really 28 points better than this Penn team right now? I guess we'll find out.
 
#80      
Det_Illini_fan
Kernal12 said:
Am I the only one slightly worried about this game tonight? Veteran tournament team from last year with their best guys back and a high level coach. And we are starting three freshman, including two that might not have even been recruited by Penn. I love our team and what it could become this year but are we really 28 points better than this Penn team right now? I guess we'll find out.
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All this tells me, is that we could win the National Championship 3 years in a row and have five 5-star recruits on the team and I think we’d still have fans thinking we’ll lose a game we’re 30 point favorites
 
#81      
Fly Illini Fly!
ThePortalMadeMeDoIt said:
While I was and still am impressed with the offense. I don't want to blow it out of proportion I mean Butler is going to get up over 100 against FDU tonight.
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They didn’t — final score says 99-65.

Butler points per possession against FDU: 1.443

Illinois points per possession against FDU: 1.591

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FDU points per possession against Butler: 0.948

FDU points per possession against Illinois: 0.597

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In a 100 possession game: Butler would win by 49.5 points, while Illinois would win by 99.4 points.

Butler covered the spread by 5pts, while Illinois covered the spread by 35pts.

Clearly Illinois had the way more dominant performance.
 
#83      
RollChief
Kernal12 said:
Am I the only one slightly worried about this game tonight? Veteran tournament team from last year with their best guys back and a high level coach. And we are starting three freshman, including two that might not have even been recruited by Penn. I love our team and what it could become this year but are we really 28 points better than this Penn team right now? I guess we'll find out.
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I mean, Vegas, which has factored in injuries, has us by 6 points more than the metrics-based systems, which have not factored in injuries, if that tells you anything...
 
#85      
lstewart53x3
84% of bets are on Illinois to cover the 30.5 point spread:

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#87      
21ChampaignSt
Kernal12 said:
Am I the only one slightly worried about this game tonight? Veteran tournament team from last year with their best guys back and a high level coach. And we are starting three freshman, including two that might not have even been recruited by Penn. I love our team and what it could become this year but are we really 28 points better than this Penn team right now? I guess we'll find out.
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I truly, objectively, full-heartedly believe that our size and tenacity on the boards alone are insurmountable for virtually any mid major. Not saying this from a place of arrogance. I just think they're overmatched and even the "go unconscious from three" strategy that typically propels these upsets won't work because we're so big that you're not going to get good looks from three. And even if you do, by H2 we're going to wear you out so much from our pace that you won't have your legs under you to shoot it well. And if we have a bad shooting night, we'll just rebound our misses and score two points instead of three.
 
#89      
ChiTown
If anyone is worried about playing Penn tonight they’re going to have a long season of worrying.
 
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