Pregame: Illinois vs Minnesota, Tuesday, December 15th, 6:00pm CT, ESPN2
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Illini gonna come out guns blazing
Has minny looked any good this year?
illiniswish09
- Northwest Suburbs
All I know is Marcus Carr is a problem
I’ll predict opening line at Illinois -12.5. Minnesota has a ragtag team of transfers. 3 of their starters played at (Drake, Pitt, Utah). They are shooting 29% as a team from 3. Gabe Kalsheur who is supppsed to be a shooter is only 4/25 from 3.
I’ll say Illinois 74 Minn 56. This is a team Illinois should handle easily. Kofi should get 20/10 this game.
I’ll say Illinois 74 Minn 56. This is a team Illinois should handle easily. Kofi should get 20/10 this game.
RichBradIllini
- Peoria
Nothing's easy in B10 conference play.
Torvik has us going 10-0 in the next 10 BIG games.
let's get it done!! Starts on Tuesday
JFGsCoffeeMug
BU:1 Trash cans:0
- Chicago
I think we'll stay in the top 15. Our win against Duke will soften the impact of our loss to Mizzou.
Just looked at Torvik and I saw he has us losing to Rutgers on 12/20 (but just barely and odds are 50% so basically tied). Also has us going 12-8 in B1G and 16-10 overall. I'd be pretty disappointed with that, tbh.
Yea that would be a disappointment to lose 8 B!G games....we're going to lose 4-5 conference games.....but hopefully not 8
Just double checked. That's the projected record, but if you go by the odds of each game we'd go 14-6. Much better, but im still hoping for something in the 16-4, 15-5 range as well.
FeelYourPaign
- So Cal
I would say 4, maybe 5. I think us getting only four or five losses is still very very possible. Like our chances
i think bardo predicted 5-6
altenberger22
- South Carolina
We probably couldn't have a better opener. If we lose this one, the wheels on the wagon are looking awfully wobbly.
This may have changed since you posted but as of this morning Torvik doesn't even have us favored in the next 10 B1G games let alone going 10-0. (@ Rutgers is 50% odds but -0.1 in favor of Rutgers). For reference, Torvik expects us to finish the season with only 12.3 conference wins and for Wisconsin to win the regular season with just 13.2 conference wins.
Vs Minnesota is the game Torvik has us most likely to win over the next 10 (80% odds and -8.9 point favorites) so let's make sure we really put them away.
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Title Odds
| TEAM | WINS | SHARE | SOLE | T4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 13.2 | 38 | 24 | 80.8 |
| Illinois | 12.3 | 22 | 12 | 66.9 |
| Indiana | 12.0 | 18 | 10 | 61.1 |
| Michigan | 11.9 | 16 | 8 | 58.6 |
| Iowa | 11.8 | 16 | 8 | 56.6 |
| Ohio St. | 11.0 | 9 | 4 | 42.0 |
| Michigan St. | 11.0 | 9 | 4 | 41.5 |
| Rutgers | 9.9 | 4 | 1 | 23.5 |
| Purdue | 9.1 | 2 | 1 | 14.3 |
| Penn St. | 8.9 | 1 | 0 | 11.4 |
| Maryland | 8.6 | 1 | 0 | 10.0 |
| Minnesota | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 |
| Northwestern | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 |
| Nebraska | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 |
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My question is: what Minnesota player is going to have a career night against us?
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