ChazzReinhold
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BU backed off the defensive pressure halfway through the big 12 schedule which led to a winning streak that got them into the tournament.
Pregame: Illinois at Nebraska, Tuesday, January 11th, 7:30pm CT, BTN
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I'm with you Pru..... I'll be shocked if Coward-19 and company plays us Friday. And I don't want a forfeit.....
He could have come here, he opted not to so there should not be a chip on his shoulder
sacraig
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Could he have? I thought he had major qualification issues and so went to JUCO first. We didn't recruit him after that.
I always thought it was the opposite. I thought he used that pressure defense half way through the year and that is sparked the run and why he used that philosophy to start here.
Illini: 87
Nebby: 61
Why?
1) They play fast. More possessions for us. Bad for them.
2) Their undersized center has been their best player the last few games. We have Kofi Mountain. Bad for them.
3) They give up 3's. We have TF, Liquid Plum, Slim, and DMFW. Bad for them.
4) IF Bryce McGowan is out (see a previous post), they will be even thinner. Bad for them.
Nebby: 61
Why?
1) They play fast. More possessions for us. Bad for them.
2) Their undersized center has been their best player the last few games. We have Kofi Mountain. Bad for them.
3) They give up 3's. We have TF, Liquid Plum, Slim, and DMFW. Bad for them.
4) IF Bryce McGowan is out (see a previous post), they will be even thinner. Bad for them.
5) we have 3 pretty darn good freshman who just got about another week of practice in.
pruman91
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So , are you saying both McGowens brothers are out tonight ?
Here's my parlay
85 - 67 good guys
Kofi 28 and 14
11 Illini in the scoring column
Lieb with 4 points
85 - 67 good guys
Kofi 28 and 14
11 Illini in the scoring column
Lieb with 4 points
Good luck, but I don't see Lieb with the 4 points because of how little time BU gives the subs in blowouts. We could be up 30 with 4 minutes to go and Kofi, Trent and Plummer will all still be in. (now that I type that out, it's refreshing to have a coach so good that my main complaint is the subs like RJ don't play enough in blowouts...)
Hope I'm wrong on Lieb and you nail your parlay
sacraig
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Yeah but they are also a really great and friendly fan base. I have no ill will toward the Huskers or their fans.Let's destroy the inbred corn huskers (seriously they have one of the goofiest nicknames in all of college sports. Not as goofy as Hoosiers but its definitely up there haha)
Feed Kofi as much as possible. He has a BIG appetite (or so I've heard
I'd still like to destroy them, of course, but I won't be calling them names.
Bryce will be playing. I believe the original post was saying that it'd be better for us if Bryce was out instead of Trey.
Don't worry. I don't have any real money on it. Just throwing them out for fun and the coveted internet street cred. Have to throw out some unlikely scenarios to make it interesting.
I do think that with a couple of garbage minutes against this small Nebby team, Lieb could get a few buckets.
Let's go B...Lieb.skyIdub
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Take my money.
pruman91
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OK........................Trey always seemed have a good game against us....the frosh MaG seems to be a chucker from the cheap seats and whines a lot.....
I still say 20 + win for the beloved and please give R J some extra minutes.....
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Here’s to hoping for a nice, comfortable, confidence-boosting win. No more OT thrillers this year, please. 
Will. be a good win for the ILLINI! Go ILLINI.
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Good point man. I shouldn't have said "inbred" because that would be Iowa tweety bird fans Nebraska fans are honestly good people and I've met quite a few of them that are just hoping their football program gets back on track.
GO ILLINI!
He backed off of the pressure a few games into the conference schedule, but I don't think the switch in philosophy was material. The first few games they played in the Big 12 season that year were against extremely efficient offenses. Their schedule got softer in the middle of their conference slate, which coincided with their improved defensive performance. Once they hit the end of the schedule and played top-shelf offenses again they reverted to early form (which continued in the NCAA tournament, especially against an extremely efficient Michigan team). They lost their last four games, all against offenses that Pomeroy had in his top 11, while giving up an average of 1.28 points per possession. In their first two games vs. KU and ISU, which were three of their last four opponents, they gave up 1.23 which is more or less the same outcome.
The whole 'switched defenses and won' thing is a great narrative, but they really just did a better job of playing less talented opponents. They were a weird team, best in the country offensively but 155th on D, mostly because of personnel issues but also because they prioritized crashing the boards over getting back on defense and also did a horrid job of cleaning up the defensive glass, none of which changed when they implemented a new system.
Yep. As a buddy of mine says, they are more to be pitied than scorned.
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