Pregame: Illinois vs Alabama, Wednesday, November 19th, 8:00pm CT, FS1
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GrayGhost77
- Centennial, CO
Let's get healthy, please. Maybe perhaps unleash the Petro Monster?
DICKnaggie
- Champaign
Was really hoping he got a bit of time tonight. Our injury situation really worries me.
Will need to be much sharper for this one (Mr. Obvious). Alabama will test our transition defense probably more than any other teams on our schedule. We need BAM and Andrej to have big games and we need Big Z to be healthy and active for this one.
Mihailo and Lee could have gone tonight, seems they opted for caution. Should be ready for this one.
Tomi is likely a long shot, but does have a chance. Guessing we won't see him until UConn.
Tomi is likely a long shot, but does have a chance. Guessing we won't see him until UConn.
PizzaHutParkingLot
- Vodice, Croatia
This will be my first in-person game since the 2019-20 season
Reminder… Mihailo was the MVP in the league in which Mirkovic played… I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas after I already got everything I wanted.
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
Thank god we have a football game to hold us over a bit til then.
skyIdub
"I can't tell you. Secret."
Break out the Beet Juice and Bacta Tank...!
Right now, we are #7 and 'Bama at #24 on Kenpom. I quit paying much attention to AP polling quite a while ago. I remember more than one interview with Loren Tate (when he was one of the AP pollsters) saying flat out that he was just guessing, as he hadn't seen the vast majority of the teams in the mix play.
To clarify, he wasn’t MVP of the ABA, they were just calling him an “MVP candidate”, you may be thinking of him winning “round 28 MVP during the year” which is essentially player of the week
Still, it will be great when he’s ready to play- nights like last night where we needed a spark, he could have made a difference
The good news is that Alabama appears to be experiencing some front court injury woes. The bad news is that their injury issues seem to be with their backups and ours are with our main guys the Ivisic twins.
Injury Woes Loom Over Alabama As Nate Oats Admits He’ll Face Purdue With a Compromised Frontcourt
My concern is that the guys we will have healthy up front for this game won't be athletic enough to keep up with the guys Alabama will have healthy.
Injury Woes Loom Over Alabama As Nate Oats Admits He’ll Face Purdue With a Compromised Frontcourt
My concern is that the guys we will have healthy up front for this game won't be athletic enough to keep up with the guys Alabama will have healthy.
We will get Bamas A game. Purdue just killed them on the boards, but previously they were even with St John’s (actually outrebounded them by 1). And both Philon and Wrightsell had bad games and I’m sure we will bounce back.
We are a better rebounding team than Purdue but as I’ve said think we get a much more active Bama. Still fully expect to win the rebounding margin though,
I’ve really liked what I’ve seen defensively from Kylan, Keaton, and Drej, and I think we can bother their guards with our length and physicality.
But the biggest key to me to this one is our health. If we’ve got Z protecting the rim for 25+ minutes I think we can stay home on their shooters when their very good, quick guards inevitably get penetration. I think they will struggle to finish over Z and will have a hard time getting clean 3s off over our length.
But if Z is limited (and Tomi out), we will have to outscore them.
We are a better rebounding team than Purdue but as I’ve said think we get a much more active Bama. Still fully expect to win the rebounding margin though,
I’ve really liked what I’ve seen defensively from Kylan, Keaton, and Drej, and I think we can bother their guards with our length and physicality.
But the biggest key to me to this one is our health. If we’ve got Z protecting the rim for 25+ minutes I think we can stay home on their shooters when their very good, quick guards inevitably get penetration. I think they will struggle to finish over Z and will have a hard time getting clean 3s off over our length.
But if Z is limited (and Tomi out), we will have to outscore them.
The guys Alabama had out last game were Collins Onyejiaka and Keitenn Bristow, who don't seem to be rotation players anyhow (Onyejiaka averages 1 ppg & Bristow is a soph xfer from Tarleton St). Everyone else played.
I won't worry too much unless Z is still gimpy, then yeah it could be a slight disadvantage. Mirk & Ben & some Jakstys playing center. It's a good thing Alabama doesn't have anyone down there (Bol Bowen, Sherrell, Allen) who really scares anyone.
I won't worry too much unless Z is still gimpy, then yeah it could be a slight disadvantage. Mirk & Ben & some Jakstys playing center. It's a good thing Alabama doesn't have anyone down there (Bol Bowen, Sherrell, Allen) who really scares anyone.
I say let's be hospitable to the Bama team. Show them around the Big City while they gape slack jawed at the sights, stuff them with deep dish pizza, hot dogs, and Italian beef sandwiches, take them to the Under Wood Shed in the house that Jordan built, and send them back to Tuscalooserville with a second B10 loss in a week, after running them over with the Illinois Team Bus.
ptgrd23
- orange county CA
Time for clone #3 Nikola Ivisic
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