ILLINIFAN2
- Des Moines, IA
Does anyone know how much the tickets will be via the Illini Ticket Office?
Pregame: Illinois vs Arkansas, Thursday, March 16th, 3:30pm CT, TBS
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Final Four or bust 
Having high level NBA draft picks hasn't always mattered in the NCAA Tournament. I can remember an Arizona team with DeAndre Ayton getting knocked out early.
frozenrope9190
- Aurora, IL
I'm not gonna cry whoa is me on this one. Arkansas is really good but I've seen them play out of control quite a bit. Kinda like Illinois. We can win this one.
Arkansas has lost 6 of their last nine. I will take it
Joel Goodson
- respect my decision™
not great, Bob
Chad Fleck
- Eureka, IL
Arkansas was highly rated early in the year, then Braziele got hurt and they sort of fell off the map.
I never did watch them play at all though.
I never did watch them play at all though.
Big Jack
- Decatur
Let's hope they are more interested in their NBA draft position than playing g in the ncaa
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
I was hoping we’d have a nice crowd in Des Moines, but it’s not that easy to fly there and it’s a very long drive from IL.
Illinifan533
- Normal, Illinois
A lot of similarities here. Young, talented, and inconsistent all season.
There wasn’t gonna be a “good” pairing on the 8/9 line. I’m glad we see Arkansas over Memphis or West Virginia. Plus playing in Des Moines should bring a decent crowd. We actually matchup pretty decently against them, I think. They shoot the 3 horrendously, dig in on defense, and don’t make their free throws. They’re also athletic at every position. Sounds a lot like a team we’re all very familiar with… I’m concerned about who guards Nick Smith, but we can go toe-to-toe with the rest of their team. This is probably going to be a brick-fest with the first team to hit 60 the one that comes out victorious. Probably Illinois +2. Honestly, we’ll take it. Get hot, and we can beat them. Let’s lock in.
The link in the thread says 105 each. Is that right? I live in Iowa and would love to go but wow!
We got the best draw we could expect imo. Wanted no part of Memphis.
PizzaHutParkingLot
- McPherson, KS
Just taking a quick glance at the Arkansas roster, doesn’t look like they play many traditional bigs. Coleman should be licking his chops, Dain might not see a lot of time in this one
ORD-DSM flights were inexplicably already oversold before this announcement
We are close to that...
but we came out with a fractured foot. I think we lost that one..
Whoever makes the least silly mistakes wins. Also, I think we match up against their guys better than the Jalen Pickett’s of the world
Chad Fleck
- Eureka, IL
It makes me happier than it should when state names teams play each other.
Part of me would love it there were more sports where the best players from each state would play. An Olympics of the US sort of thing.
Part of me would love it there were more sports where the best players from each state would play. An Olympics of the US sort of thing.
Arkansas has lost 6 of their last nine. I will take it
Exhibition results do not matter
brazil’s is out for season
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