Pregame: Illinois vs Loyola Chicago, Sunday, March 21st, 11:10am CT, CBS
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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.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Thankfully Grant Hill is on another broadcast crew last I heard yesterday.....
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
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
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.
Why at bankers life? Any rational?
Maybe they felt illinois would have an advantage already played there and wanna even it out for bracket excitement. Then again it's NCAA, so they may just think Illinois fans are too far away and won't travel well.
Maybe they felt illinois would have an advantage already played there and wanna even it out for bracket excitement. Then again it's NCAA, so they may just think Illinois fans are too far away and won't travel well.
my guess is we just played 3 games at the BTT at Lucas , so we would have a slight familiarity with it and put us at Bankers v Loyola for that reason - it was available .
NCAA knows we travel well , but all venues will sell out anyway . I expect us to be kept out of Lucas if at all possible due to us playing 3 games there last weekend. if we ever aren’t playing our best , it’s not due to the venue .
NCAA knows we travel well , but all venues will sell out anyway . I expect us to be kept out of Lucas if at all possible due to us playing 3 games there last weekend. if we ever aren’t playing our best , it’s not due to the venue .
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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.
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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.
Hutch, really?
he had to have meant Grandison
Statement game.
The boys will be ready.
The boys will be ready.
Tough mistake at this point in the season. Hard to take the post seriously when the grasp on the roster is weak.
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.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
A dose of Champaign in your breakfast OJ will make it better
sacraig
- The desert
A dose of Champaign in your breakfast OJ will make it better
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.
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 midnight
Tacomallini
- Washington State
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.
KrushCow31
Former Krush Cow
- Chicago, IL
Had to change my flight home to make sure I can watch the game but I think the 7am flight Monday morning will be worth it.
orange100
time to hop on the wife
I forgot about that. Jesus, what a prick Dooley was.
Bailey's and coffee my friend.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
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.
And sorry for the puns. I feel a certain level of self-consciousness about piling on in the recruiting thread the past few days but can't quite let go yet.
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