Thankfully Grant Hill is on another broadcast crew last I heard yesterday.....We are getting the national title contender treatment with the 1110 am cbs time slot with no other games going on and Nantz/Raftery/Hill broadcast team. I wish we were going to be in Lucas oil for ticket availability but that isn’t happening until the elite 8 for us. Looks like tickets are 350 and up for Sunday On secondary market.
Agree. No more gimmes left. We are likely to have to beat 5 consecutive games against AP top 17 teams to win title. Loyola is 17, Oklahoma State is 11, WVU is 13, Houston is 6, Baylor is 3, and Gonzaga is 1. We should be used to playing that many top 25 games I guess. I believe 25% capacity for all venues so Bankers would be around 4000.we just played our one gimme game . glad the guys who usually watch & cheer were able to take the warm ups off and get on the floor . doubt that it happens again
EVERY GAME for us from now on will be against really good teams who will beat us if we don’t play our best .
I expect BU to have us ready to play & well prepared
We will have the slight advantage of having the most fans there at any game we play . that always helps and it must give the players a little extra reason to excel when family , friends & tons of fans are in the crowd
how many people will be allowed into Bankers ?
90% will likely be wearing orange & blue
Is it just me, or are those long baggy shorts/unis turning out to be the disco clothes era of college BB? Those and i guess the polar opposite Larry Bird/Jim Stockton short shorts.
The last time we played Loyola, if anyone's wondering.
Who could forget the immortal Sammy Ice? (pre-conference play)
I would hope the OSU and PU losses of yesterday will strike a chord with the team and let them know they can not take any team for granted and everyone is gunning for the B1G.Loyola reminds me of Wisconsin. Slow pace, good defense, decent big man. In the end, they aren’t going to have the horses to keep up with us.
Hutch, really?You might see some of Ayo as a decoy, taking their best defender Williamson way off the ball, and then Hutchison/Damonte staying in the corner and taking their second best defender Uguak far from the ball, and then it turns into 3 on 3 with Curbelo and Kofi running pick and roll. This is a big advantage for us. Loyola then may counter with putting Uguak on Kofi, and hiding Krutwig in the corner. Should be an interesting chess match.
he had to have meant GrandisonHutch, really?
Tough mistake at this point in the season. Hard to take the post seriously when the grasp on the roster is weak.he had to have meant Grandison
In my opinion, this is why lower-seeded teams win. Teams that have nothing to lose play a "devil-may-care" style of play which can be contagious. Someone drops in a 3 falling out-of-bounds, and pretty soon no one on the team.an miss. Ohio State and Purdue seemed to fall victim to this - destroying my brackets.Gotta remember, Loyola is playing with house money and they have nothing to lose.
A dose of Champaign in your breakfast OJ will make it betterThis start time sucks for those of us out west. 9:10 am. Yuck.
A dose of Champaign in your breakfast OJ will make it better
my son , the OkSt grad (& part time Illini fan ) lives & works in Boston . He gets up at 5:30 am for his job . The ‘pokes game v Oregon St doesn’t start until 9:40 pm there . that game won’t be over until midnightThis start time sucks for those of us out west. 9:10 am. Yuck.
I’m in PST too with a 6 and 2 year old. Fortunately they’re fair weather fans. I plan to have a decoy tablet on hand for Jr. Netflix streaming. Very thankful for modern tv and the pause button though, in case of a ruckus.I have a 4 year old and a 2 year old. I'll have been up for at least 2 hours by then. I'll just also have to fight with them for the TV.
I forgot about that. Jesus, what a prick Dooley was.anytime i see nick fazekas' name i think of self's assistant jim dooley saying "eff you" to him in the post game handshake line after the wolfpack won at allen
Bailey's and coffee my friend.This start time sucks for those of us out west. 9:10 am. Yuck.
So... more than a little dose. Remember, when in the low post wrestling for the remote: they have a lower center of gravity, which can be to your detriment and lead to you picking up a couple early ones that will put you on the bench.I have a 4 year old and a 2 year old. I'll have been up for at least 2 hours by then. I'll just also have to fight with them for the TV.