Pregame: Illinois vs Eastern Illinois, Monday, November 6th, 7:00pm CT, B1G+
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Illinois Men's Basketball has 3 more games on B1G+ this season, the pay online service. (It doesn't matter if you have BTN or not, still have to pay to watch B1G+)
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Illini Men's Basketball on B1G+
Mon, Nov 6____Eastern Illinois
Fri, Nov 10___Oakland
Fri, Nov 17___Valparaiso
Note- The Illini Women's Basketball team has 16 games on B1G+ from October 30th-March 3rd.
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Illini Men's Basketball on B1G+
Mon, Nov 6____Eastern Illinois
Fri, Nov 10___Oakland
Fri, Nov 17___Valparaiso
Note- The Illini Women's Basketball team has 16 games on B1G+ from October 30th-March 3rd.
Take it from someone who follows the school...EIU is going to be absolutely awful this year. Would be surprised if this is anything but a glorified scrimmage.
skyIdub
"I can't tell you. Secret."
That's ok. I'm anxious to see more of DGL and Hansberry anyway.
He was a little banged up coming into the game ... Fletch and Paul will get him right ...
worse than last year? I remember thinking they weren't completely awful when we played them last year.
I liked what I saw from that kid.
Hamlin still playing for them? I usually root for ex-Illini with a few exceptions
Not so much that loss itself, but the season that followed it.
MDchicago
- Lake Norman NC
Eastern is picked to finish last in the Ohio Valley conference. Should be a good game for the freshman to put up some numbers.
Article mentions that Hamlin is returning this year...
Men's Basketball Preseason OVC Poll Released - Eastern Illinois University Athletics
Eastern Illinois men's basketball will open its third season under head coach Marty Simmons. The Panthers were selected to finish last in this year's preseason
eiupanthers.com
frozenrope9190
- Aurora, IL
Been a bit of a rough go for the Panthers the last few seasons. They used to be more middle of the pack in the OVC. Now they're God awful.
Yes, very much so.
It's been a bit of a rough go for quite awhile. While I will admit that there was a change that needed to be made when they fired Jay Spoonhour after the 2020-21 season, Marty Simmons has been absolutely horrible as a coach. It's reminiscent of some of the bad years they had under Mike Miller in the late 2000s and early 2010s.
Didn't they upset Iowa last year?
illiniswish09
- Northwest Suburbs
Eastern is #338 on KenPom for those interested… 338 out of 362.
MDchicago
- Lake Norman NC
Yep.
Eastern Illinois blows past 30-point favorite Iowa 92-83
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Kinyon Hodges scored 22 points, Caleb Donaldson added 16 and Eastern Illinois used red-hot shooting in the second half to upset cold-shooting Iowa 92-83 on Wednesday.
apnews.com
Article reminded me that Kinyon Hodges who played for Eastern last year had some serious hops and some impressive dunks in our game with them. Looks like he transferred out last spring to Tennessee State.
Zorak
- Naperville
In terms of trajectory, I think you're right.
This one felt even worse as a one-off: https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap/_/gameId/303520082
This is one thing I do have a complaint about with Brad and scheduling in recent years. While he has done a fine job of scheduling the high quality games, he really needs to do a better job at scheduling the fattening cupcakes (300+ ranked) where no matter the margin of victory or efficiency stats, there is no way to overcome how badly they weigh down the SOS and Quality of Competition metrics. This year alone we have 5 opponents ranked 300+ and a 6th who isn't all that far off! There is absolutely no need for this considering there is very little difference in the ability of a P5 team to beat a 200-250 ranked team at home vs. a 300+ team. I've performed the mathematical breakdown on here before of why playing 300+ ranked opponents is so bad, as no matter what you do in those games it only negatively impacts your efficiency metrics and resume due to the quality of opponent hit, so I won't do it again, but just to compare coaches:
Brad:
2024: 5 300+, 1 250+
2023: 6 300+
2022: 2 300+, 1 250+
2021: 1 300+, 1 250+
2020: 2 300+, 2 250+
2019: 1 300+
2018: 3 300+, 1 250+
Groce:
2017: 1 300+
2016: 2 300+
2015: 3 300+, 2 250+
2014: 1 300+, 3 250+
2013: 1 250+
Weber
2012: 2 300+, 2 250+
2011: 1 300+, 1 250+
2010: 2 300+
2009: 1 300+, 2 250+
2008: None
2007: 1 300+, 2 250+
2006: 3 300+, 2 250+
2005: 2 300+
2004: 2 300+
Generally, the rule of thumb is 2 300+ ranked opponents at absolute most a season, something we were able to keep to 16 of the 19 seasons prior to the last two. The last 2 seasons though we've averaged 5.5 a season! It's simply really poor scheduling that shouldn't happen and just playing this many of these type of games can cost you a line ot two in the bracket.
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Agreed. That was the game that came to mind for me too. Not a good memory.
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