Pregame: Illinois at Minnesota, Tuesday, January 4th, 6:00pm CT, FS1

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#201      
JFGsCoffeeMug
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Saw this elsewhere (putting it as vaguely as possible). Minnesota's reaction to the postponement.

https://gopherhole.com/boards/threa...-to-jan-4-at-6-p-m.104930/page-2#post-2387859

Oh, and here's my contribution to the thread concerning bad losses. Jan 2014 Welsh Ryan arena NW 49 Illini 43. Not as bad as some of the others posts but it was particularly bad because I was there. My friends and I just shook are heads wondering if we actually saw a basketball game or what?
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I have no problem with their initial reaction. All of that stuff was said before everyone found out there were 10 Illinois players unavailable on Sunday (as opposed to just one or two). After the news broke, no more complaints from them.
 
#202      
Fighter of the Nightman
If we are serious about a Big Ten title - and we damn well should be the way we have played! - tonight is huge after Wisconsin upset Purdue last night. Here is the top of the Big Ten standings as of this morning:

#10 Michigan State: 3-0
#13 Ohio State: 3-0
Illinois: 2-0
Wisconsin: 2-1

Four teams (MINN, NU, MICH, RU) sit at 1-1, and #3 Purdue is at 1-2 with a home loss already. MSU and OSU barely survived road tests against Northwestern and Nebraska, teams (presumed to be) near the bottom of the Big Ten hierarchy. Minnesota has been a surprise team, and I anticipate The Barn to be loud. If we can move to 3-0 with road wins against Iowa and Minnesota ... we are truly controlling our own destiny. I expect us to trip up here and there like every other team, but you have a better chance of surviving your "off games" at home than you do on the road. Every road win is precious.

P.S. This week actually appears to be huge for some early separation in the conference standings. OSU plays a desperate IU in Bloomington on Thursday, and Iowa travels to Wisconsin. Then, on Saturday Purdue travels to play a PSU team that just knocked off Indiana, and MSU travels to Ann Arbor for a rivalry game. Lastly, on Sunday Wisconsin travels to Maryland after the Terps have hopefully lost two straight. :)

We obviously have to take care of our own business ... but if we win two games that we are favored in (ILL -7 at Minnesota tonight...) this week, we could very well be alone in first place on Sunday.
 
#204      
WizardBill
For those saying to keep feeding Kofi, please do not forget, Kofi missed time also, so he might get winded as well.

3-pt shooters require less physical effort than an inside brawl.
 
#205      
Chad Fleck
WizardBill said:
For those saying to keep feeding Kofi, please do not forget, Kofi missed time also, so he might get winded as well.

3-pt shooters require less physical effort than an inside brawl.
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Do we know that Kofi was one that was isolated?
 
#208      
2qtslow
Matthew Ice II said:
66.67% chance he was one of the positives.
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I just hit the Daily Double. I get to argue semantics and math in the same post.

It has been reported that Trent, Lieb and Goode were three of the five negatives. That leaves two negatives out of twelve players. There is an 83.33% chance he was one of the positives.

Now, if only I could find a way to argue that math was different back when I was a boy, I'd hit a Trifecta of irrelevancies in a single post!
 
#209      
pruman91
2qtslow said:
I just hit the Daily Double. I get to argue semantics and math in the same post.

It has been reported that Trent, Lieb and Goode were three of the five negatives. That leaves two negatives out of twelve players. There is an 83.33% chance he was one of the positives.

Now, if only I could find a way to argue that math was different back when I was a boy, I'd hit a Trifecta of irrelevancies in a single post!
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makes perfect sense to me...............................

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Illini BB 's "" TIME HAS COME TODAY ""......................................................

still on topic .........................................:cool:
 
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#210      
Matthew Ice II
2qtslow said:
I just hit the Daily Double. I get to argue semantics and math in the same post.

It has been reported that Trent, Lieb and Goode were three of the five negatives. That leaves two negatives out of twelve players. There is an 83.33% chance he was one of the positives.

Now, if only I could find a way to argue that math was different back when I was a boy, I'd hit a Trifecta of irrelevancies in a single post!
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I was unaware of the report about Trent, Lieb, and Goode being negative. But yes, it seems your math is correct. Extra credit too for including some horse-racing terminology.
 
#213      
Fighter of the Nightman
Little fun trivia as we head into tonight ... we truly have been the Road Warriors™. Here are the road records for each Big Ten team over the last two seasons:

Illinois: 9-2 (.818)
Michigan: 7-2 (.777)
Ohio State: 8-4 (.667)
Iowa: 6-5 (.545)
Purdue: 6-6 (.500)
Wisconsin: 6-6 (.500)
Maryland: 4-6 (.400)
Rutgers: 4-7 (.364)
Michigan State: 4-8 (.333)
Indiana: 3-8 (.273)
Northwestern: 3-8 (.273)
Penn State: 2-9 (.182)
Minnesota: 1-10 (.091)
Nebraska: 0-10 (.000)

Let that sink in, lol ... we have won 82% of our Big Ten road games the past two seasons. That is the same record we have at home during that time span! :LOL:
 
#216      
Monticello
Fighter of the Nightman said:
Little fun trivia as we head into tonight ... we truly have been the Road Warriors™. Here are the road records for each Big Ten team over the last two seasons:

Illinois: 9-2 (.818)
Michigan: 7-2 (.777)
Ohio State: 8-4 (.667)
Iowa: 6-5 (.545)
Purdue: 6-6 (.500)
Wisconsin: 6-6 (.500)
Maryland: 4-6 (.400)
Rutgers: 4-7 (.364)
Michigan State: 4-8 (.333)
Indiana: 3-8 (.273)
Northwestern: 3-8 (.273)
Penn State: 2-9 (.182)
Minnesota: 1-10 (.091)
Nebraska: 0-10 (.000)

Let that sink in, lol ... we have won 82% of our Big Ten road games the past two seasons. That is the same record we have at home during that time span! :LOL:
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This is an incredible stat. Just awesome.
 
#217      
Ga65
Fighter of the Nightman said:
Little fun trivia as we head into tonight ... we truly have been the Road Warriors™. Here are the road records for each Big Ten team over the last two seasons:

Illinois: 9-2 (.818)
Michigan: 7-2 (.777)
Ohio State: 8-4 (.667)
Iowa: 6-5 (.545)
Purdue: 6-6 (.500)
Wisconsin: 6-6 (.500)
Maryland: 4-6 (.400)
Rutgers: 4-7 (.364)
Michigan State: 4-8 (.333)
Indiana: 3-8 (.273)
Northwestern: 3-8 (.273)
Penn State: 2-9 (.182)
Minnesota: 1-10 (.091)
Nebraska: 0-10 (.000)

Let that sink in, lol ... we have won 82% of our Big Ten road games the past two seasons. That is the same record we have at home during that time span! :LOL:
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Road wins with no fans really aren’t the same. Don’t know how last year compared to average but suspect much higher road win percentage.
 
#218      
Fighter of the Nightman
Ga65 said:
Road wins with no fans really aren’t the same. Don’t know how last year compared to average but suspect much higher road win percentage.
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Well sure, but every other team in the conference had a better home record than away record, except for us. You still have to travel and play in a gym you're less familiar with, and I would imagine that in 2020 with all of the additional COVID crap they had to deal with, traveling became even more tiresome and inconvenient than it was in years past. You don't have to deal with the fans, but you have to deal with that. Overall, I would say it was easier to play on the road last year, but not by as much as people would initially think.

Either way, I'll take the wins!
 
#222      
zentrails
Ga65 said:
Road wins with no fans really aren’t the same. Don’t know how last year compared to average but suspect much higher road win percentage.
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Makes being one of only four teams with winning road records even more impressive not to mention the best percentage
 
#225      
Piotyr
Now that every B1G team has played at least 2 conference games (Maryland the last one), here are some very early efficiency margin standings for the league (NOTE: very early):

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No real conclusions to draw this early, since schedules have varied wildly, but every team has played at least one home game and one road game, and Illinois' offense against both Rutgers and Iowa was humming. Only Michigan comes close in offensive efficiency thus far (thanks to their destruction of Nebraska). Those two games, along with Ohio State drubbing Wisconsin, are the big factors early in efficiency margin. Almost every other game has been relatively close.
 
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