Pregame: Illinois vs Duquesne, Saturday, March 23rd, 7:40pm CT, TNT

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ChiefGritty said:
It's not so much that Duquesne is a bad matchup for us, but that they seem like the kind of team with the potential to make us the bad version of ourselves, if that makes any sense.

Just a grimy, combative, annoying team that will stay between us and the basket and won't quit. They won't win the game but they might fluster us into losing it.

Our ballhandling is going to be a problem in this game with their two pesky little guards.

It'll also be the oldest team we've played all year I'm pretty sure, neutralizing our often huge experience advantage. Their rotation has five super-seniors.

The good news is they're very small and don't shoot it terribly well. Execute well on D and give great effort on the glass and we should amass much higher percentage looks than them over the course of this game. But it's going to be twitchy and ugly, not like yesterday's contrast of two stylish teams in their own way.
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Agree, and I would be having a 4/5 setting picks for our guards as they bring it up. DO NOT leave any of our guards on an island or it will be a long day. Take care of the ball, they don't have the height/athletes to stop us half court. I feel the same way about our defense, stay out of foul trouble and our height will be too much. I expect a physical game with us pulling away in second half...yet again lol 80-67 Illinois!!!! Sweet 16 bound.
 
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Zorak

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lstewart53x3 said:
Regarding the Sleepers discussion, there’s a few types of media you can listen to and watch. Pick your jam:

- Fan Homer: Robert (IlliniBoard / We Love No Other Podcast) / The 200 Level

- Professional Homer: IlliniInquirer / IlliniGuys

- National Media: Field Of 68 / Eye On College Basketball / Etc

- Entertainment Media: Sleepers Media

Sleepers isn’t designed to be professional, it’s designed to be entertaining.

Obviously, the guys aren’t “fans” of Illinois basketball, so they might mistake some facts and when we have a bad team or season, they’ll absolutely make us fun for it (the players and the fans).

If you want something that’s buttoned up, facts straight, Illini slant, IlliniInquirer is probably best for you.

If you like listening to frat boys make bets, rag on bad teams, celebrate good teams, have wild takes, eat their crow when wrong, Sleepers Media is great.

Just depends on what you’re into.
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Scott Richey at the News-Gazette deserves a mention alongside Illini Inquirer
 
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ptgrd23

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phats22 said:
They kept challenging BYU to score inside and ran them off the line. I wish we had an answer for that......

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1770914326871687465
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illiniguy24

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Illiniguy13 said:
I always wonder if guys like Avery Johnson panic when tourney time comes around. I realize it requires quite a bit of time and attention to familiarize yourself with all these teams, but it's his job. And it couldn't be more obvious he's fairly clueless. After DGL hit his first three, he said he transferred from EIU last year...what lol
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Lol wow I must’ve missed that comment
 
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illini55

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Illini60613 said:
Good stuff...I am. As I typed elsewhere my standing birthday present is I can do whatever I want for these 4 days and 48 games. Schedule is always cleared...
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Clearly, we would be friends. I never worked a single day on the Thursday-Sunday rotation of NCAA games, for my entire career. I went to Vegas for that weekend about 15 times. My wife not only allows me to watch 12 hours per day, she encourages it. We just celebrated our 43d anniversary. Yes, I know how lucky I am.
 
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Mobi

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ChiefGritty said:
It's not so much that Duquesne is a bad matchup for us, but that they seem like the kind of team with the potential to make us the bad version of ourselves, if that makes any sense.

Just a grimy, combative, annoying team that will stay between us and the basket and won't quit. They won't win the game but they might fluster us into losing it.

Our ballhandling is going to be a problem in this game with their two pesky little guards.

It'll also be the oldest team we've played all year I'm pretty sure, neutralizing our often huge experience advantage. Their rotation has five super-seniors.

The good news is they're very small and don't shoot it terribly well. Execute well on D and give great effort on the glass and we should amass much higher percentage looks than them over the course of this game. But it's going to be twitchy and ugly, not like yesterday's contrast of two stylish teams in their own way.
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If we take care of the ball and rebound, we should win the game.
 
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phats22 said:
They kept challenging BYU to score inside and ran them off the line. I wish we had an answer for that......

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1770914326871687465
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It makes sense to do that to BYU. BYU is a 3 pt shooting team. Their driving is not that good and very limited post up games. They will get destroyed if they do that to us. I am pretty sure they will pressure, steal to cause TOs on us. We didn’t take care of the ball that well in the 1st half vs Morehead and they definitely saw it.
 
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Illwinsagain

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They said that Brad's interview would be at 2:30, but no one has posted yet, that I can find. A little help?
 
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alaskaillini

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From the sound of it, Duquesne will be an excellent warm up for Iowa State assuming we win tomorrow and ISU is our opponent. Think getting this game will be better overall than having had BYU on Saturday if we are going to go far intothis tourney.
 
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fuggles

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We just scored 85 points in a 62 possession game. Coach Keith is delusional when he says they are going to keep this in the 60s. I believe their avg possessions per game is 66. Good luck with that. If they don't turn us over this will be a blow out.
 
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