I think it’s cool to say everything still has questions until you play top caliber teams.
But in basketball, a 20-point difference isn’t marginal
Illinois vs Penn, Thursday, November 5th, 7:30pm CT, FS1
I think it’s cool to say everything still has questions until you play top caliber teams.
But in basketball, a 20-point difference isn’t marginal
Actually, they didn't - 99-65 F. A 34 point win is not quite the same as a 75 point win. Butler covered by 5 points, the Illini covered by 35 points. Just saying ...
Just a wild sentence.
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.
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
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.
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...
lstewart53x3
- Scottsdale, Arizona
84% of bets are on Illinois to cover the 30.5 point spread:
Put him out there on the scooter!
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.
Hessel Blvd
stop listening to sleepers
- the desert
Tomi
JJ
Stojakovic
Brown
Coleman
JJ
Stojakovic
Brown
Coleman
I’ll take the over
Big Jack
- Decatur
Sorry tried to answer this yesterday but didn't get posted. Game tonight is on FS1 not Peacock. DIRECTTV should work
Sorry to say it's in our DNA.
We beat them by 35….
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
If anyone doesn't have a long season of worrying every single year, we are very different people.
But it was also a 9 pt game with 16 min left.
Worried is the wrong word. To be honest, even if we somehow lost this game I'd still believe we are a Final 4 team.
I think a more appropriate word is intrugued. Intrigued to see how this team reacts if Penn is hanging around with 10 min left. It's easy to play comfortable when you are up 40. Last year was the Wagler and Mirk show. Who is going to step up this year?
It seems very counterproductive to worry about things you have no control over.
Furthermore, I'm very happy with this team's stakeholders current stakeholders.
Worried is the wrong word, so I take that back!
I just haven't seen enough yet to be supremely confident -- as apparently the Vegas oddsmakers and most everyone on this board is -- that without two starters we will blow out a veteran, tournament-caliber team by 28+ points.