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- Southeastern US
On Senior Day
Pregame: Illinois at Iowa, Sunday, March 10th, 6:00pm CT, FS1
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They are people I Only Wanna Avoid.
Chad Fleck
- Eureka, IL
The selection show isn't for 2 more weeks.
Insolent Orphaned Whackjob Automatons
* no offense to actual orphans from non-backward states
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It's next Sunday, March 17.
Chad Fleck
- Eureka, IL
Bah! I'm as bad as the person I'm trying to help.
Whatever happened to our media mate who always asked the odd questions? Havenāt seen him this year? Illini Report guy. Rob MCculley?
Yea, I was confusing the conference tourney with the NCAA selection Sunday. Thanks for the reminder. Am I correct in assuming we've clinched the #2 seed for BIG tourney?
Even if our fans did buy tickets, not like they would let them in.
Hereās another old one. How do you find the state of Michigan?
walk east till you smell it
walk north till you step in it
I think I found one of those trees. Clearly we know which way was facing Indiana..
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- Indiana
Just win!!
Why because they are Iowa and Fran is their coach
Why because they are Iowa and Fran is their coach
foby
- Bonnaroo Land
In the words of Linus Van Pelt, "Those are good reasons."Just win!!
Why because they are Iowa and Fran is their coach
Illini can't keep up with Iowa 3 point shooting. Hawks 86-Illini 76
sacraig
- The desert
Move to Arizona. Problem (mostly) solved.
can confirm the corn thing is a saying. Illini farmers have beef (non-cattle variety) with Iowa and Indiana.
Why does Iowa have astroturf instead of grass on their football field?
To keep their cheerleaders from grazing...
To keep their cheerleaders from grazing...
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
I know we always think the current season is somehow more important than many past ones while we are in the thick of it, but this is probably as meaningful of a final regular season game as we have had in years. Even in 2021 when we traveled to #7 Ohio State for the final game, we (A) already had a #1 seed and (B) were unlikely to catch Michigan in the completely rigged Big Ten standings that year.
This year, there seems to be a soft consensus that we are a #4 seed that can play itself up or down a seed line in the next several days. Some emphasize this more than others, but I personally think being a #3 seed is MASSIVELY better than being a #4 in this season than almost any other I can remember lately. Avoid the #1 seeds!
For a trip down memory lane since I have been a fan, these would be the only contenders such an impactful final game:
2002: #15 Illinois at Minnesota. I was pretty young, but it felt like we might have been right around that #3/4 cutoff this year, too ... and it frankly seems we were under-seeded as a #4! This last minute comeback at the Barn gave us a share of the Big Ten title for the second straight year.
2005: #1 Illinois at Ohio State. Any time you are going for a 30-0 regular season, a lot is on the line at least in theory!
2022: #24 Iowa at #20 Illinois. With the Badgers' loss to Nebrasketball earlier in the day, this one was for our first Big Ten banner since 2005 ... and we all know how it turned out! I also think winning this game and getting two wins in the BTT (whereas we lost our first game to Bubble team Indiana) could have lifted us to the #3 line that year.
2024: #12 Illinois at Iowa. No Big Ten title on the line this year, but this Quad 1 win would move us to 23-8 a few days before a BTT where we are really set up to win two if we come to play. Sitting at 25-8 with 2-3 more Quad 1 wins than we have today makes a compelling case for that #3 seed. And honestly, this year I just want to avoid the likes of Purdue, Houston or UConn. And if you are a #4/5, you run into those teams like a buzz saw in the Sweet Sixteen. I think we can hang with and BEAT most anyone else if we play like we did against Purdue.
This year, there seems to be a soft consensus that we are a #4 seed that can play itself up or down a seed line in the next several days. Some emphasize this more than others, but I personally think being a #3 seed is MASSIVELY better than being a #4 in this season than almost any other I can remember lately. Avoid the #1 seeds!
For a trip down memory lane since I have been a fan, these would be the only contenders such an impactful final game:
2002: #15 Illinois at Minnesota. I was pretty young, but it felt like we might have been right around that #3/4 cutoff this year, too ... and it frankly seems we were under-seeded as a #4! This last minute comeback at the Barn gave us a share of the Big Ten title for the second straight year.
2005: #1 Illinois at Ohio State. Any time you are going for a 30-0 regular season, a lot is on the line at least in theory!
2022: #24 Iowa at #20 Illinois. With the Badgers' loss to Nebrasketball earlier in the day, this one was for our first Big Ten banner since 2005 ... and we all know how it turned out! I also think winning this game and getting two wins in the BTT (whereas we lost our first game to Bubble team Indiana) could have lifted us to the #3 line that year.
2024: #12 Illinois at Iowa. No Big Ten title on the line this year, but this Quad 1 win would move us to 23-8 a few days before a BTT where we are really set up to win two if we come to play. Sitting at 25-8 with 2-3 more Quad 1 wins than we have today makes a compelling case for that #3 seed. And honestly, this year I just want to avoid the likes of Purdue, Houston or UConn. And if you are a #4/5, you run into those teams like a buzz saw in the Sweet Sixteen. I think we can hang with and BEAT most anyone else if we play like we did against Purdue.
Tacomallini
- Washington State
The most Larry David of basketball moments
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