Pregame: Illinois at Northwestern, Tuesday, February 7th, 7:00pm CT, BTN
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Haha, meant it to be a plus + symbol. Sorry if your beach house is gone.
Dang. Gonna be tough to tell Mrs Gibb52:tsk:
Does anyone think the substitution and minutes strategy changes now that the post season isn't a realistic possibility, and Groce on his way out?
I think it needs to, I think we have would have been better off playing an 8 or 9 man rotation all year. I understand trying to keep everyone happy but I think the chemistry might have been better with a shorter bench
and in BIG road games? 0-fer
Covering the spread would be a moral victory. Can't see us winning.
They'd have to have a pretty terrible run down the stretch to miss, they're comfortably in right now.
This team in BIG road games:
Loss @ Maryland by 25
Loss @ Indiana by 16
Loss @ Purdue by 23
Loss @ Michigan by 9
Loss @ Penn State by 4
That's an 0-fer. I see you're looking at past seasons, but I don't really think that's as indicative as this season.
Counter Point: We're due. If you'll excuse me I have to run to the roulette table. It's just come up red five times in a row. No way it comes up a sixth.
MrOizo
- Chicago
Totally agree. Let's get a great coach, then even a meaningless game is fun!
MrOizo
- Chicago
I'd enjoy every minute of the "miss" scenario all the more for this fact.
If they lose tonight, they're going to be 7-6 in a New York minute.
I'm fully aware of our how our season has unfolded, thanks
Our crappy team last year only lost @ NW by 2 points. I don't expect us to win, your post was just being purposefully abrasive, seeing as the post you originally replied to was about career record against NW and not specific to this season.
Huh? Here's my post
Here's my post after you said Groce was 2-2 at NW
How you get abrasive from that is beyond me.
At least we could be a bad loss on Northwestern's NCAA Tournament resume.
Let that sink in for a minute.
Not really possible.
BlindLoyalty
- FartNoiseMotivation
If the Illini are going to win a game as a major underdog on the road that they have no business winning this season, this is the game.
First this is a trap game for NU, our game is sandwiched between them playing the 3 best teams in the league (PU,IL,WI,MD)... those games are much more important and you could see them looking ahead (yes even after a 20 pt loss). Also, facing NU w/o their leading scorer and most prolific 3 pt shooter (45 3PT made) is very significant. Northwestern shot 35% & looked simply terrible w/o Lindsey vs Purdue. Particularly, NU's defense was lost w/o Lindsey's length defending on the perimeter. JCL, Finke and our other 3pt shooters could have a nice game w/ these match-ups.
I still think we are going to lose, but this one is setup for a possible upset.
First this is a trap game for NU, our game is sandwiched between them playing the 3 best teams in the league (PU,IL,WI,MD)... those games are much more important and you could see them looking ahead (yes even after a 20 pt loss). Also, facing NU w/o their leading scorer and most prolific 3 pt shooter (45 3PT made) is very significant. Northwestern shot 35% & looked simply terrible w/o Lindsey vs Purdue. Particularly, NU's defense was lost w/o Lindsey's length defending on the perimeter. JCL, Finke and our other 3pt shooters could have a nice game w/ these match-ups.
I still think we are going to lose, but this one is setup for a possible upset.
illynifan34
That's a winner!!
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Northwestern has a chance to win out and possibly win the Big Ten. Their ladder starts tonight.
This part is true solely by virtue of the fact this is our most difficult road game remaining. Iowa, Rutgers, and Nebraska after that, and that's it. Winning in those venues would not be particularly impressive, save for considerations of the fact that many of us may not believe Illinois will win a road game this year.
I disagree, "rivalry" (I don't consider it to be a rivalry, but I'm sure both coaches are promoting it in the locker rooms as such) games are never trap games. Especially for the historically little brother in the "rivalry". I agree with the rest, missing Lindsey opens the possibility of an upset, but it won't be because it's a trap game, it'll be because they're missing their best marksman.
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Illinifan533
- Normal, Illinois
So, I finally made my peace with the Groce era being over after the last game. At this point, the only thing that could muddy the waters and make things confusing and awkward is wins.
Knowing that nothing can ever be easy for Illinois, I therefore guarantee that we win our next two games and spend the week off after that chasing our own tails after Trent Frazier tweets something in support of Groce.
Knowing that nothing can ever be easy for Illinois, I therefore guarantee that we win our next two games and spend the week off after that chasing our own tails after Trent Frazier tweets something in support of Groce.
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