Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
This sounds so "melodramatic," but it's honestly true ... a swing of 4-5 conference games, especially in early to mid-January, really can transform a season for a team. If we beat MSU, I would at least feel fairly confident in taking the next two at Minnesota and vs. Indiana before hosting Ohio State on a bit of a hot streak. You are all of a sudden looking at 15-5 (6-3) Illini team if we take down OSU that has won six in a row, and then we can start to get greedy again.Beat MSU and we will most cretainly be ranked again. Then we just need to hold serve at home and split on the road the rest of the season and we'll have a decent season again and will likely finish Top 3 in the B1G and will end up with at least a 4 seed or better in the Tourney.
Also, one poster mentioned he/she hoped we sold this game out, which would be our sixth straight sellout for a Big Ten home game! I imagine we will, as it looks like there is only limited availability left in C-section. At the very least, it will look packed and should be a good atmosphere!