That works perfectly in favor of the Illini
Pregame: Illinois at Texas Tech, Tuesday, November 10th, 7:00pm CT, Peacock
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I don't have a good feeling either. If Mirk and Jake were playing, no worries.
Freshmen will have to earn their stripes on the road, in a tough environment.
Here's hoping Dra tries to do too much and actually hurts his team.
Freshmen will have to earn their stripes on the road, in a tough environment.
Here's hoping Dra tries to do too much and actually hurts his team.
skyIdub
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Over under on Tomi/Z blocks on DGL at the rim: 4
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"A heavyweight fight is on deck with No. 16 Texas Tech bringing a 48-game non-conference home winning streak into a matchup against No. 3 Illinois"
"Illinois, which advanced to the 2026 Final Four, will be the highest ranked non-conference opponent to ever play against the Red Raiders in Lubbock"
texastech.com
No. 3 Illini Visit No. 16 Texas Tech in Ranked Road Test Tuesday - University of Illinois Athletics
Tipoff between the Fighting Illini and the Red Raiders is set for 7 p.m. CT on Peacock/NBC Sports Network.
"A heavyweight fight is on deck with No. 16 Texas Tech bringing a 48-game non-conference home winning streak into a matchup against No. 3 Illinois"
"Illinois, which advanced to the 2026 Final Four, will be the highest ranked non-conference opponent to ever play against the Red Raiders in Lubbock"
No. 16 Tech hosts No. 3 Illinois on Tuesday - Texas Tech Red Raiders
A heavyweight fight is on deck with No. 16 Texas Tech bringing a 48-game non-conference home winning streak into a matchup against No. 3 Illinois at 7 p.m. o...
I think we win this game by double digits. They only have a real 7 man rotation. They also dont have anyone over 6'8. I think this could actually get really ugly for them unless they make a ridiculous amount of 3's and even then I dont see how they aren't half dead with 10 minutes left in the game with their short bench.
I'm excited for a true road test. The freshmen and whole team went away and performed at Cincy. TTU is definitely a tougher test, but i think we show our mettle.
No disrespect to DGL, but he was allowed to transfer for a reason. We are even better than that '24-25 team.
Why'd you have to go and jinx it by bringing that up??
If you're buying TTU stock, I'm selling it.
I don't like taking super hard stances on here (because I'm superstitious and don't want to jinx us), but if there are any games that I'm fairly confident will be comfortable wins (to all-out beatdowns), it's this one.
With JT Toppin out, they don't have many options to turn to in their front court to supplement his eliteness. They're relying on elite guard play from DGL and Cruz Davis. Both are good but still unproven if they're good-good or mid-major good. Both were previously on P5 teams and both struggled to crack the rotation, and went on to be very good at the mid-major level. I'm not 100% convinced that success will translate back to the high-major level. Together, they scored 17 pts on 5-23 from the field in their exhibition loss to Kentucky. Further, I'm not sure that you could say they're sufficient replacements for the value that (lottery pick) Christian Anderson and Jaylen Petty brought to their front court.
This is a Texas Tech team that, so far, likes to play slow and barely out-rebounded Jackson St and Bethune-Cookman. People have been making the Baylor comparison, but frankly, the comparison ends at rebounding. We're going to demolish them on the boards. They only play a 7-8 man rotation currently and they're going to have a much harder time slowing us down than we will have speeding them up, especially as the game goes on.
Give me Illinois 106-74.
I updated sandbox tools for 2026-27 today, since there is now some data to work with. In a 100 game Monte Carlo simulation, Illinois wins this game 58x.
NOTE 1: Average scores are high because of Illinois pace to begin the season. Unsure if we sustain 82 poss/game, but that's where we are at now.
NOTE 2: The simulation does take into account David Mirkovic and Jake Davis DNPs.
NOTE 1: Average scores are high because of Illinois pace to begin the season. Unsure if we sustain 82 poss/game, but that's where we are at now.
NOTE 2: The simulation does take into account David Mirkovic and Jake Davis DNPs.
I think Quentin can keep him in check, just needs to stay out of foul trouble.
Will be interesting to see how the freshman play defensively.
Big physical difference between guarding the Penns of the world vs Texas Tech.
Stilwell is playing tomorrow, TTU coach announced so whatever was wrong with his foot must be better. Helps them defensively and on the boards for sure
One thing that can sometimes beat size is quickness. We seem VERY quick. Is it possible that TT is even quicker?
It sounds like the answer is "no."
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I’d challenge Lincoln and put him on Gibbs or let Andre guard him
Govoner Vaugn Fan
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I like the way you think.
Promising. Mirk is at least getting some blood flow moving that left leg around.
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
On the basketball shoes sidebar (assuming basketball shoes sidebar is fine given history of cottage cheese discussions):
Anyone remember Reebok Pumps? Those were all the rage in 8th grade. I begged and begged for a pair and one of them stopped working after like 4 days.
I seem to remember when the “ Reebok Pumps” were the thing, Reebok…ever-so briefly overtook Nike in Shoe Sales.
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