Pregame: Illinois vs Fairleigh Dickinson, Friday, December 29th, 8:00pm CT, BTN
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I’m deeply fearing we lose tomorrow. The vibes and excitement are going to be non-existent.
IlliniKat91
- Chicago, IL
As long as it's for FDU, I'm good with that
Hoping this becomes a shot for DGL to grow more out of necessity
F.O.C.U.S.
Illini: 89
FSU: 64
Illini: 89
FSU: 64
DeonThomas
- South Carolina
Agree. I think DGL and Harmon now have the greatest opportunity to grow.
subtract some of those DGL mins and give more to Goode. No way Dain and Hansberry both play 15 mins either.
Less DGL in light of this would be disappointing to me. He’s a key to the future.
Tacomallini
- Washington State
AJ Redd, your table is ready.
The portal changed this. Next year I suspect we'll have 3-4 new one year players and maybe someone (no inside knowledge) will enter the portal.
All the same, hope he plays well tomorrow and earns more future PT
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It's still going to be a blowout, but it'll feel hollow and that will continue to be the case until we beat someone good.
DICKnaggie
- Champaign
MD goes ape. TSJ was/is his greatest cheerleader. I'm hoping CH continues to attack the paint and takes good 3's where he is set, squared, and has time to get a good shot off. Going to need TR or DGL to attack the rim and Quincy to continue to make great cuts to the basket.
Have a feeling whether we keep winning or not that this hollow feeling won’t fade for quite a while…
The only way it would start to fade away is if we beat Purdue. But, who are we kidding, the hollow feeling will stay with us for the rest of the season. Unfortunately, this is not the NBA where we could find a replacement or make a trade. This is the equivalent of a major season ending injury
IlliniRunIn07
- Tampa, FL
Man your username does NOT check out right now
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
REALLY depressing when I clicked on this thread and it automatically took me to posts from yesterday when we were all pretty much on Cloud Nine. 
Hard to talk basketball but we will once again see how resilient this team can be. Is there any chance Harris burns his red shirt so there isn’t a drop in the defense? I do miss seeing him out there and we may need him to guard the best opposing player. Not saying he should, just interested if it’s even a consideration.
certainly not in this game. Even without TSJ, our team defense this year has been pretty good and I'm not too sure Harris would be able to fit in well at this point of the season.
Not a bad idea...not sure how that works. If you declare redshirt, I'm not sure if it can be rescinded or not
IIRC you don't have to declare anything to get a redshirt year, you just don't play in any games.
Works for me
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