Pregame: Illinois vs Penn, Thursday, March 19th, 8:25pm CT, TNT
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About the best possible path to a sweet 16 we could have asked for. Zero excuses.
This x100000
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
It’s survive and advance now, so it’s one game at a time … and we cannot lose to Fran.
Illinicpa14
- Chicago
Duke fans in session 3 going to be wearing orange…that’ll be a 50/50 split.
I am convinced all we had to do get a 2 seed was beat Wisc.
Didn’t Vandy get an easier path than us as a 5?
They’d play FLA in Houston in the S16 versus getting Houston in Houston.
They also get Nebraska as a 4 who’s a fraud. We get UNC in Greenville.
They’d play FLA in Houston in the S16 versus getting Houston in Houston.
They also get Nebraska as a 4 who’s a fraud. We get UNC in Greenville.
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Serious Late
- Peoria via Denver via Ann Arbor via Albuquerque vi
I have a hotel in Saint Louis I am still planning to use next weekend, but man, the tone of that weekend just changed dramatically.
We did it to ourselves, went from controlling our path to getting a ROUGH sweet 16 draw (if we get past UNC).
If we can't beat a 9-5 Ivy League team that went to Overtime in Semis and Finals of their conference tournament, then whatever. 18/18 Big Ten teams have a better KenPom.
TheFlyingIllini1317
- Chicago, IL
100%. Just win! Once you get to the S16 anything can happen, you can get hot, so just get there!
Penn 2 really good scorers at 6’5” and 6’9” TJ Power who averaged 16/7.5. Not a super athletic team, no dynamic guard play. Multiple Illinois high school kids.
I like the matchup.
I like the matchup.
Other than the spot Purdue got, like Illinois' spot more than anyone else in a protected seed.
SuperMetroid
- Evanston
A Penn team coached by Fran who we know and have mostly owned?
UNC minus their best player or VCU who probably should have been left out?
What are we scared of here, exactly?
Houston, on the other hand, sure.
UNC minus their best player or VCU who probably should have been left out?
What are we scared of here, exactly?
Houston, on the other hand, sure.
Vandy gets the best 12 seed and the best 4 seed.
Never looked at tickets for the tourney, I’m confused they already all say verified resell? Is that right
Of course we get Franimal.
Well said, Lville. Without leveling judgment of any sort: this bracket looks like a honey for the Illini.
Illinois -21.5 to open
Rutgers beat Penn. let’s rock
cuillini
- San Bernardino, Ca.
Their kenpom ranking is 150
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