Pregame: Illinois at Maryland, Friday, December 2nd, 8:00pm CT, BTN

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#153      

Noblesville Illini

Nappanee, IN
I laud my fellow Loyalty devotees' creativity. However, my friends, it's gotta be organic. Its power derives from the mullet being rooted in his scalp and, hence, his very soul.
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#154      
I never had crabs until we moved to Maryland. I got them from someone at church.

My wife got her PhD from U of Md. Two of my daughters were born in Maryland, and one of them married a Terp.

This has nothing to do with who wins the game. Go lllini.
 
#159      
I will be there on Friday. I’m hoping I can avoid the typical MD brutishness on Monday at work. I’ve lived in MD 30 plus years, and I still consider them the Philly fans of the college world.
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.
 
#160      

Retro62

North Bethesda, Maryland
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.
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.
 
#162      

Captain 14

The Last Best Place
I never had crabs until we moved to Maryland. I got them from someone at church.

My wife got her PhD from U of Md. Two of my daughters were born in Maryland, and one of them married a Terp.

This has nothing to do with who wins the game. Go lllini.
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?
 
#163      
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.
Thanks. Maryland selling discounted tickets was a good move.
 
#167      
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.
Which would be a Michigan intersquad game.
 
#171      
You a closet Michigan fan or something?

:sick:

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.
 
#172      
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.
 
#173      

MDchicago

Lake Norman NC
Jury's still out on Purdue. Struggled mightily against a 1 win FSU team.

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).
 
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