This is a great opportunity for us. We have Purdue and a couple other top BIGs at home before we have to go on the road to play them... good schedule for us. I have guarded optimism that we will win this one. Kofi needs to stay out of foul trouble and we need to shoot better from 3 point range and rebound (lacking in offensive rebounds the last 2 games). We are playing at home, so the baskets optics are in our favor.
Pregame: Illinois vs Purdue, Monday, January 17th, 11:00am CT, FOX
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Lol. My guess is he didn’t want Jones or brooks to get into foul trouble.
They would have gotten curb stomped w/o Jones.
Very cool. He’s not sure where he’s heading. In at PU, PSU and MSU, still waiting on WI and the beloved.
I believe Kofi is better than either Edey or Williams, but both of them get about 20 minutes a game. Payne, so far, is not near the talent level of either Purdue centers. I hope Payne does not have to play extended minutes.
I don’t think Omar is at a talent deficit. He’s an incredible athlete. His issues are discipline and skill. He’s a non-shooter and fouls a lot needlessly.
Edey, Williams. and Kofi all have a reasonable probability to be drafted and play in the NBA. Payne is young, has talent, but has a long way to go before anyone would say he is going to get drafted. He really needs a lot of work and discipline.
I was at the game as well - and it just seems that every time we would start to make a run, or the crowd would start to get loud, there would be some ticky-tack foul called and completely derail any momentum we had at the time.
Nice part of working for the bank is getting MLK day off lol. Time to hold on to first and never look back. Gonna make it 4 in a row vs. Michigan and Purdue!
sacraig
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Obviously you did. 3 to 5 hours after our game is scheduled to start is 3-5pm E/12-2pm P. It would be a lead in to the NFL game.
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Top tier teams win their hone games. Period.
I expect to win this game.
I expect to win this game.
For sure. Haven't they already lost two conference games? BTW, if anybody needed a wake-up call it came from East Lansing last night.
Just keep on winning. This will be a tough game. Hope the guys have their legs. Pu had an easy game against Neb. Now show Pu who is the King of BT basketball.
With respect to offensive rebounds, I was surprised at how often everyone was going back on D in the Michigan game, leaving Kofi to go one on four for offensive rebounds. I'm guessing we will go after them more against Purdue.
We're road warriors. I expect us to win every road game.
Stevanovic and Ivey play 28 mins per game, everyone else 20 or less. Assume it is Trent on Ivey and DMW on Stevanovic. Matchups fine unless we get into foul trouble. They will have advantage when Omar is playing but not huge with Hawk beside him. Really think it will come down to shooting. (Surprise there).
lol nice catch. I meant Monday haha
The conversation seemed to indicate that you disagreed with the original poster that NFL games being a waste of time because they have high ratings. I was merely pointing out that high tv ratings and a waste of time are not mutually exclusive
I hope you are right but Rutgers seems to be playing pretty well since the Illinois beatdown. They are 4-2 beating PU and Michigan (1st win over Michigan in 87 years. Of course, I don't know how many times they played before Rutgers joined the conference). Maybe the Illinois game was the outlier, their "Cincinnati" game. Although if you look at it a different way, maybe their win over Purdue was their outlier game
Edey and I-vey. Isn’t that an old McCartney/Wonder tune? We gotta be able to take ‘em!
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