October Exhibition Games

#101      
EmeraldCityIllini
AnnoyedWithGarza said:
I feel like a top 5 offense and 30 defense is a better floor than a 20 offense and 20 defense though.

Are you saying you were kind of splitting hairs originally and now you believe that Illinois' advantages are much better than Michigan St advantage?
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Ya I thought both teams were really good - I by no means was picking MSU over Illinois

As to the bolded, that’s also probably splitting hairs. But essentially, thats a slightly less favorable Illini picture than the trade off between us and MSU last year, and we tied in the B1G standings.
 
#102      
jjv0004
This is Scheyer's best team at Duke and I don't think it is close. They are going to be incredibly difficult to beat come March. Rippey is an absolute stud and Boumtje Boumtje might end up being the best big in college basketball as a 17 year old. The kid just turned 17 in May.
 
#103      
Rap47
EmeraldCityIllini said:
I think I assumed MSU will be locked into a top 20 defense and top 20 offense - whereas we were locked into a top 5 offense, but defense has potential to be down around 30 (again, floor).

Most probably would have taken MSU backcourt over ours and our frontcourt over theirs. While I think that’s still true, one gap seems a lot larger at the moment. Their frontcourt is a mess
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Fears would not play much at Illinois because he is a terrible shooter and the illini do not get the calls at home that he gets at msu.
 
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