Pregame: Illinois at Ohio State, Sunday, February 4th, 11:00am CT, FS1
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I feel like every time someone says this we lose.
That being said, hopefully we can build off our wins in the previous two games and compete in this one. Don't think we win but would love to be wrong.
I'm fairly certain I recall it in our first 8 conference games.
skyIdub
Winged Warrior
My gf broke one of my glass Illini tumblers right before we lost the last 6 B1G games.
I blamed it on her and told her I'm buying her an Illini shirt (she refuses to wear Illini gear because "I didn't go there) lol, and that she has to wear it.
That shirt came in the day before the Indiana game. So far so good.
I blamed it on her and told her I'm buying her an Illini shirt (she refuses to wear Illini gear because "I didn't go there) lol, and that she has to wear it.
That shirt came in the day before the Indiana game. So far so good.
foby
- Bonnaroo Land
Mojo like that should be good for 17 more wins.
Illiniaaron
- Geneseo, IL
That's kind of how I feel. It would take the effort displayed against MSU combined with the efficiency we saw last night to win this one.
Illiini
- In the land of the Nittany Lion
I think our guys will be rested, pumped and prepared. And with any luck, OSU will be so unsure which Illini team shows up they'll be watching their own shadows.
If we shoot at the percentages we did against Rutgers, and cut the number of turnovers in half; we win.
Everyone seemed to come out with a little more fire in them. More than I've seen from before. Love the progression of the core of guards, but still don't like to see them turn over the ball so much. Especially Trent.
This game should be a coin flip, because I don't expect our team to shoot like they did last night on the road against a tougher team. Giving the obvious edge to OSU.
Everyone seemed to come out with a little more fire in them. More than I've seen from before. Love the progression of the core of guards, but still don't like to see them turn over the ball so much. Especially Trent.
This game should be a coin flip, because I don't expect our team to shoot like they did last night on the road against a tougher team. Giving the obvious edge to OSU.
Maybe OSU will be focused on their super bowl parties & not playing a potential difficult game? :thumb:
Wow, early 11:00 AM game Sunday morning, go Illini!
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
I know I'm an (untrustable 
) optimist, but after last night's performance I feel like we are right at the cusp. A loss is a loss, but if we literally just hang on vs. Northwestern, Maryland, Iowa and Nebraska, we are 16-7 (6-4). Those losses might have sunk our season, and we DID lose them, but this team is simply not the disaster that its record indicates, IMO. I think we come out on Sunday and give Ohio State a real game; we have historically played them well, it seems. I'll predict an encouraging loss:
Illinois 63
Ohio State 69
Then I think we get payback vs. Wisconsin, beat Penn State, get a nice win in Bloomington and get payback vs. Nebraska to get a nice little 6 out of 7 win streak before a likely loss in East Lansing.
GO ILLINI!
) optimist, but after last night's performance I feel like we are right at the cusp. A loss is a loss, but if we literally just hang on vs. Northwestern, Maryland, Iowa and Nebraska, we are 16-7 (6-4). Those losses might have sunk our season, and we DID lose them, but this team is simply not the disaster that its record indicates, IMO. I think we come out on Sunday and give Ohio State a real game; we have historically played them well, it seems. I'll predict an encouraging loss:Illinois 63
Ohio State 69
Then I think we get payback vs. Wisconsin, beat Penn State, get a nice win in Bloomington and get payback vs. Nebraska to get a nice little 6 out of 7 win streak before a likely loss in East Lansing.
GO ILLINI!
Illini_1979
- Oregon
I'm waiting on Kathy to see what she predicts.
TownieMatt
CU Expat
- Chicago
I expect us to come out aggressive and try to create turnovers. They're going to be tough to stop in the half-court with Bates-Diop and Wesson around the basket (also, Jae'Sean Tate is still there!? How old is that guy? 30?).
Penn State was able to go in there and win by shooting 79% from 3, but I don't think that's on the cards for us. They aren't a great outside shooting team, so our best shot is to force turnovers and keep the ball out of the paint.
OSU - 72
ILL - 63
Penn State was able to go in there and win by shooting 79% from 3, but I don't think that's on the cards for us. They aren't a great outside shooting team, so our best shot is to force turnovers and keep the ball out of the paint.
OSU - 72
ILL - 63
I believe him and Tracy served together in the first gulf war.
Lots of zone defense?
TownieMatt
CU Expat
- Chicago
Possibly. It's tough to play aggressive, force TOs defense, and zone. Those two aren't typically compatible. I'd expect us to come out in our typical aggressive man-to-man and see how it goes. If we aren't getting TOs and they're getting easy buckets, zone would make a lot of sense.
foby
- Bonnaroo Land
:thumb:
Peoria Illini
- Peoria, IL
Wesson seemed to beat up IU last night. We'll have to stop him from getting the ball if we want to be successful. KBD will get his, but we need to keep Wesson and Tate from helping him out. Hopefully Kipper will give them problems.
:clappy::clappy:
good one!:clappy:
good one!:clappy:
This team and zone is not a good idea, especially if Leron isn't out there to rebound.
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