Pregame: Illinois at Nebraska, Sunday, February 1st, 3:00pm CT, FS1

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OrangeBlue98
Big game. I'll pull out the Purdue GIF for some good mojo.


Season 10 Finale GIF by Curb Your Enthusiasm
 
#31      
Oldskoolkoach
Ice baths, recovery chambers, and prep work. All 5 starters go for 20+, bench scores 30, we win by 60...that would be payback
 
#32      
OrangeBlue98
Was hoping for Miles Simon again. Thought he did a really nice job on the Purdue game.
 
#33      
illiniguy24
Not sure what to expect here honestly. Extending the win streak to 11 and getting our second top 5 road win in a WEEK would be a hell if a feat, especially without BAM.

Is Nebby fully healthy? Do they come back to earth after being beaten Tuesday?

How fresh are our legs vs theirs considering the difference in rest?

How do they guard Keaton? How do we guard them? Does Tomi or Andrej step up?

So many variables here. Excited for this one.
 
#35      
rdk573
I will agree with his take on the quality of the broadcasts in the Michigan game, including many of the BIG10 games, have been substandard as the color commentators generally come in unprepared, if not disinterested, and then wing in on the broadcast with pedestrian commentary..
 
#36      
doowink
illiniguy24 said:
Not sure what to expect here honestly. Extending the win streak to 11 and getting our second top 5 road win in a WEEK would be a hell if a feat, especially without BAM.

Is Nebby fully healthy? Do they come back to earth after being beaten Tuesday?

How fresh are our legs vs theirs considering the difference in rest?

How do they guard Keaton? How do we guard them? Does Tomi or Andrej step up?

So many variables here. Excited for this one.
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Think our legs will be fine..even on 2 days rest....think I heard BU say something about they had a day off before Washington due to NCAA rules....not sure what that amounts to, but gotta get use to playing on short rest....BTT and then ncaa tourney will require several games in a few days...March can't get here quick enough!
 
#38      
ChiefGritty
Dragging around the anchor of a 10 game win streak, without Boswell, on short rest, heading on the road to play a top 5 team with much more rest and getting players back as they bounce back from their first loss?

If we win this game we are a dang WAGON
 
#39      
sacraig
ChiefGritty said:
Dragging around the anchor of a 10 game win streak, without Boswell, on short rest, heading on the road to play a top 5 team with much more rest and getting players back as they bounce back from their first loss?

If we win this game we are a dang WAGON
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If we win this game, I think the 1-seed is ours to lose (and, of course, we certainly still could).
 
#43      
RockfordIllini
21ChampaignSt said:
We've played 8 games in January. 5 with Kylan. 3 without.

With Kylan:
5-0
6th in Torvik (#9 offense, #20 defense)

Without Kylan:
3-0
18th in Torvik (#3 offense, #143 defense)

We're going to need a hot shooting night. Won't be much margin for empty possessions.
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Good stats. Think our defensive numbers are disproportionately impacted by an insanely good shooting night from Smith and TKR, but the point stands we’ve taken a step back defensively.

Nebraska torched us last game. Our off ball defense and scouting report has to be dialed in.
 
#45      
IlliniFan42
Frankly if it's a fully healthy Nebraska I'm not confident. Purdue is completely adrift and I didn't exactly like how we looked against Washington. Rienk Mast is still undefeated this season and overall I believe he has only ever lost one Nebraska home game.
 
#47      
illinibbcz
Games against winning records still this season:

Illinois: (6) @Neb, @MSU, Wisc, Ind, @UCLA, Mich
Michigan: (7) @MSU, @OSU, UCLA, @Pur, @ILL, @Iowa, MSU
Michigan State: (8) Mich, Ill, @Wisc, UCLA, OSU, @Pur, @Ind, @Mich
Nebraska: (5) Ill, Pur, @Iowa, @UCLA, Iowa

Kind of makes Sunday's game pretty important because Nebraska doesn't have many tough games remaining.
 
#48      
Piotyr
In terms of winning the conference, here are the contenders' remaining games against the top tier (Michigan, Illinois, Nebraska, MSU, Purdue):

Nebraska: vs IL, vs PU
Illinois: @NE, @MSU, vs MI
Michigan: @MSU, @IL, @PU, vs MSU
Michigan State: vs MI, vs IL, @PU, @MI

If Nebraska does win this weekend, their schedule is the lightest of any contender going forward.
 
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