Noblesville Illini
- Nappanee, IN
Jury's still out on Purdue. Struggled mightily against a 1 win FSU team.
Pregame: Illinois at Maryland, Friday, December 2nd, 8:00pm CT, BTN
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Noblesville Illini
- Nappanee, IN
Actually, it took real convincing because Jett and mom were blown away by Rick Barnes. Seriously.
Noblesville Illini
- Nappanee, IN
Illini in OC
In. The. Alley.
Maryland is famous for crabs. Church lady is not.
Maryland is going to do a yellow out
They call it a gold rush so do we wear white?
They call it a gold rush so do we wear white?
I just want you to know that we as Terp fans embrace this notion!
Good luck tonight and safe travels to all of you attending. Should be a near sellout.
Retro62
- North Bethesda, Maryland
Oh, I know you do. I have plenty of friends who are terp fans, and they equally embrace it. It is not said with rancor, it's just knowing what kind of crowd you are up against.
Captain 14
- The Last Best Place
So when you go to say Legal Sea foods in MD, would it be more proper to say 'I'll have the crab' or 'I'm gonna get the crabs?' And is true they had (or still have) a sign there saying cigar smoking is prohibited to everyone except Red Auerbach?
Thanks. Maryland selling discounted tickets was a good move.
Would be a good game to pull out some fresh blue unis. Either throwback Fighting Illini or script Illinois.
I know that isn't going to happen, but yellow vs blue would be aesthetically pleasing.
You a closet Michigan fan or something?
There is nothing aesthetically pleasing about that color combo.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Oh god we're gonna be in blue.
Which would be a Michigan intersquad game.
Right. So they only win by 10 AT FSU and that all of a sudden negates their wins against Marquette, WV, Gonzaga, and Duke? Don't think so. Purdue is very good and there's no jury out on them anymore. There's a reason they jumped all the way to #5.
You a closet Michigan fan or something?
There is nothing aesthetically pleasing about that color combo.
I guess I should rephrase it, lol.
I agree, yellow and blue is ugly. But not as bad as yellow and orange or yellow and white.
The main point is I would really be excited to see the nostalgic Flyin' Illini blues, regardless of what the other team is wearing.
Anyways, some actual basketball talk...
We all know we are Maryland's toughest opponent so far this season. But I'm even more optimistic about today's game after looking at Maryland's best wins.
They beat SLU and Miami pretty easily. Both teams are right around 50th on torvik, so decent squads. But both teams have highly ranked offenses and pretty bad defenses. SLU's defense is 112 and Miami is 106.
I really think we will get after them defensively, and hopefully keep their crowd out of it as much as possible. They are good at getting to the FT line, but we have the depth to overcome foul issues.
We all know we are Maryland's toughest opponent so far this season. But I'm even more optimistic about today's game after looking at Maryland's best wins.
They beat SLU and Miami pretty easily. Both teams are right around 50th on torvik, so decent squads. But both teams have highly ranked offenses and pretty bad defenses. SLU's defense is 112 and Miami is 106.
I really think we will get after them defensively, and hopefully keep their crowd out of it as much as possible. They are good at getting to the FT line, but we have the depth to overcome foul issues.
MDchicago
- Lake Norman NC
I wouldn't read too much into a single game. Heard Robbie Hummel mention they had a delayed redeye flight out of Vegas Sunday night/Monday morning and then had to travel to Florida, which probably limited them to ~1 day of real prep time.
In the end it was a 10 point road win over a Power 5 opponent, coming off of an impressive 3 straight double digit wins over KenPom top 25 teams (West Virginia, Gonzaga, Duke) on a neutral court. And the game before that was a home win over a Marquette team (KP #33) that dismantled Baylor earlier this week.
I think they're legit B10 contenders, in some respects like our team last year (a matchup problem for most teams, but constrained to certain styles of play to be effective) and as or more vulnerable than most in the event of injury/foul trouble of a single player (Edey has averaged 4.8 and 5.4 fouls per 40 minutes in B10 play the past two seasons).
Bigtex
- DFW
but what little I have seen, I like the new PU guards. Almost as good as our new guards
Sounds about right. Home court is worth 3.5, so they say. Neutral we are -2
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