Pregame: Illinois vs Minnesota, Saturday, February 4th, 3:00pm CT, BTN
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Well, this is another chance for a decent win, but I think Lynch shuts down Mav, and Coffee/Mason are the best guards on the floor easily. Hard for me to be optimistic.
GortTheRobot
- North Bethesda, Maryland
Just listened to Greg Gard's postgame with Jon Crispin: He demonstrated more BBall knowledge in 20 seconds than I have heard from our staff all year.
You think so? Maybe taking one (or preferably two) from the kitties would give us a desperately-needed quality win to get us into talks for the play-in.
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Go Illini.
We need to win out if we lose this game. That ain't happening, easy schedule or no.
We beat Minny or it's curtains.
I'm no bracketologist, but I had already internalized the notion that we had already passed the point of no return. Taking a second look at our remaining schedule and considering the national love NW is getting, I do see I have to backtrack on that.
If we can't do it during the regular season, then there's always the BTT. =PPP
This is a gotta have it game for Minny too btw.
Is it sad that I am still looking at the schedule thinking we can get ourselves in? As long as the team is still playing hard I will remain optimistic. 7-1 is our goal. I'll predict our 1 loss is @NW on a buzzer beater.
But if we lose this one I promise I will stop.
But if we lose this one I promise I will stop.
Will be another loss. Team is completely lost and the lack of any coaching is showing more and more with each passing game.
It is good to dream
I'll have some of the kool aid you are drinking. Make it a double.
Much better chance of going 1-7 with most of the games being no competition.
BlindLoyalty
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Gophers are on a 5 game losing streak and have 1 week to prepare. Minnesota has the easiest schedule the rest of the way. Groce vs Pitino ladder match.
I'd guess he gets fired before the BTT starts to avoid that problem.
"Tourney or bust" is the mantra I've heard bandied about. It would be interesting to see what those voices started to proclaim in the unlikely scenario that we do end up continuing to soil the sheets in the conference season but win the BTT.
Personally, I'm going to stick with the "tourney or bust" gun. Even considering the mediocrity of the past several seasons, firing a coach on a hot streak with a great incoming class would at least feel pretty rotten.
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Making the 3 hr trip up this weekend. Please, Illini, make this trip worth my time
Maybe this has been basketball genius JG's plan all along..... Take a team with some talent and experience and make them look totally inept for an entire Big Ten schedule. Make it look like we are unable to play defense and run a vanilla offense that has no scheme or fluidity.
We then go into the BTT and totally tear it up!! We go into the NCAA's on a roll and teams are totally on their heels as none of their Illini film from this year looks like the juggernaut JG has unleashed on college basketball.... We sweep through the tourney and win our first national title with Tate hitting six 3's, our defense has 9 blocks, and Mav dunking at will in the championship game!! Groce win's coach of the year and a statue is erected outside SFC.
Nevermind...... :tsk::tsk::tsk:
Minny 70- Illini 62
Ransom Stoddard
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- Bloomington, IL
I've tried to remain optimistic at this same point of each of the last 3 seasons. Not anymore. We're done and may not win 2 more games. This could be one of them, but this team is unlikely to play after the BTT.
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Going to the game.
If they lose this one, I will not watch a game the rest of the year. I don't care how much people think Minny has improved. They won 8 games last year total. There is no way an above average recruiting class and that baby faced oversized child roaming their sidelines can fix that in one year.
If they lose this one, I will not watch a game the rest of the year. I don't care how much people think Minny has improved. They won 8 games last year total. There is no way an above average recruiting class and that baby faced oversized child roaming their sidelines can fix that in one year.
The Dave
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