Pregame: Illinois vs Purdue, Monday, January 17th, 11:00am CT, FOX

alamocityillini · Jan 17, 2022

Dbell1981 · Jan 17, 2022

pruman91 said:
With this early start time ole pru has had to adjust my usual pre-game ritual and I settled on a breakfast of 2 pieces of toast with Strawberry preserves and some community coffee/ Irish Creme flavor........yum yum...........now , a chaser of a gummy bear and 3 Ibuprofin tablets.........Around 9:30 am I will be having a couple of Oscar Meyer hot dogs ,100 % Angus Beef and some Sour Cream & Onion chips .......If we lose , I won't be eating the rest of the day , but will be drinking heavily........If we win i will be having my normal pre-game eats of Ribeye , baked tater and salad as a post game victory feast ...........

I'm debating on a wake and bake and think I'll wait until after the game is over ......

I predicted earlier and will stick with it ..................

Illini 76
purdont 69

GO ILLINI !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Must wake and bake! Its GAMEDAY! You wont need a nap until after that post game meal.

LouHenson · Jan 17, 2022

Monticello said:
They're still going to double Kofi, unless they get him into foul trouble. Their starting lineup can't contain Kofi one-on-one. This is the kind of game where I'd take Kofi out in the first half when Edey's brought in, and throw both Hawk and Payne at Edey every time he gets the ball. Keep Kofi fresh for the 2nd half.

We need Omar and Coleman to play really well in this game, but I see Kofi in any time Eddy is. I think Williams will play a lot on the outside (he is such a good passer). You have 10 fouls to use on Williams if Kofi can just handle Eddy on the defensive end. I don’t think Eddy can run with Kofi so let’s hope we can push the pace a little.

Ivy is our real issue to cover, would like to put Trent on him and DMW on Sasha, can Plummer handle Gillis? Is Trent big enough to handle Ivy? Plus we need Trent so bad for ball handling.

In my mind this game really comes down to if Omar or Hawkins can have “that breakout” type of game. They both have the size and length to bother Williams and be in the passing lanes. So far neither has had the game they may need to have to beat PU. Omar for sure is getting better, it would be great if we could get 15 minutes out of each of them then Kofi only has to play about 30-32 versus 36.

This is such a big game for us. Win your on a path to win the league and get a 1 or 2 seed. Loose and it could be more a four or five seed type of year. Clearly not a “must” win game for us, but I think it is for them (to win the league at least).

SweetLuh · Jan 17, 2022

All I’m going to say is, I want this one bad!

220Illini · Jan 17, 2022

alamocityillini said:
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Yes, the analytics like us. That’s why we’re favored.

But, if we come out like the previous 2 games we’ll get drilled

pruman91 · Jan 17, 2022

Dbell1981 said:
Must wake and bake! Its GAMEDAY! You wont need a nap until after that post game meal.

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sacraig · Jan 17, 2022

220Illini said:
Yes, the analytics like us. That’s why we’re favored.

But, if we come out like the previous 2 games we’ll get drilled

Unless Purdue also comes out like 2 of their conference 3 games so far, which which case it will be ugly all around.

Purdue isn't perfect. Far from it.

altgeld88 · Jan 17, 2022

sacraig said:
Sometimes I wonder what it would take for some of you to believe that Illinois basketball is good again. Clearly winning is not sufficient.

Apparently, only results that consistently resemble smiting our opponents, sacking and burning their villages to the ground, salting the earth beneath, and marching away toward the following game leaving a chorus of wailing behind them.

And even that might be insufficient.

pruman91 · Jan 17, 2022

altgeld88 said:
Apparently, only results that consistently resemble smiting our opponents, sacking and burning their villages to the ground, salting the earth beneath, and marching away toward the following game leaving a chorus of wailing behind them.

And even that might be insufficient.

Sounds like my previous life as a married man ..................................

illini_analytics · Jan 17, 2022

Biggest game of the year with a national audience. I think it will be a similar type of game to Arizona with hopefully a different outcome.

Model prediction:
#12 ILL 75 61%
#7 PUR 73

Season schedule projection:

Schedule

B1G projection:

Big Ten

Seed projection: 3

Chieeeeffffff · Jan 17, 2022

sacraig said:
Unless Purdue also comes out like 2 of their conference 3 games so far, which which case it will be ugly all around.

Purdue isn't perfect. Far from it.

This. Purdue was in a tight one at home against a Keegan Murray-less Iowa, lost at Rutgers, and nearly lost at Penn State. Could they roll us if they’re firing on all cylinders? Of course. Could we do the same to them if the script is flipped? Absolutely.

I really like our backcourt as a whole against theirs. We have more collective firepower and better D if damonte is locked in.

Champaignheat · Jan 17, 2022

Illinois 72-68!

TheDudeAbides · Jan 17, 2022

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I already did it ..........................................hahahahaha......................I have to be me ......................................thanks for your support bro...............

I was starting to wonder if I needed to come check on you

BretMyBeachHouse · Jan 17, 2022

sacraig said:
I think the only thing keeping us from being a great team is consistency. And maybe Curbelo being out.

Consistency is one of the marks of great teams. Not seeing much around the country so I think it's a wide open year

doowink · Jan 17, 2022

The team that can best execute their game plan will win....but that pretty much goes with any team and every game....I mean I'm still scratching my head over the NW win at MSU

I suspect Purdue will go right at Kofi with Edy, then Williams forcing the Illini to either play straight up D, or sag off a perimeter player to help Kofi....we play straight up Kofi has got to stay out of early foul trouble....we sag off....Trent, DW, Jake will have to know where Stephanovic (sp), and Ivey are at all times....I think we shoot well early and that opens things up for Kofi to dominate down low in 2nd half....I think it's gonna be close fiends.....
Illini 75
Prudent 72
key FT's in the last 2 minutes by Trent, Plum, and Kofi seals the deal :hailtotheorange:

GallopingGhost · Jan 17, 2022

I think you gotta ugly up the game and make it a defensive battle (the refs might help us in that case). If you let them get into a flow offensively, it will be hard to match them in firepower and depth.

If we keep this under 70, could see another win like last year.

ILL 65- Purdue 63

It’s gonna be absolutely so close. Anything could happen.

sacraig · Jan 17, 2022

sacraig said:
Unless Purdue also comes out like 2 of their conference 3 games so far, which which case it will be ugly all around.

Purdue isn't perfect. Far from it.

Typing fail. Meant to be 2 of their 5 conference games so far. Whoops.

altgeld88 · Jan 17, 2022

sacraig said:
Sometimes I wonder what it would take for some of you to believe that Illinois basketball is good again. Clearly winning is not sufficient.

A further thought, 'cause this is an important topic (to me): I have seen many BT basketball seasons. Fewer than some towering elder statesman on this board, many more than others still enjoying the flush of youthful vigor but having spent their tenderfoot Illini basketball fandom years wandering through the wilderness along a path metaphorically paved with shards of glass.

IMHO, If you're an Illini fan and are not enjoying the state of our program and this team, right now, even when it hits on three cylinders and still wins by 10, in mid-January, when the yips (I'm lookin' at you, MSU) and the flu (*cough*, *cough*, Michigan) begin to beset lesser teams in advance of the long, hard slog that is February toward the grail of conference supremacy, and your chest doesn't swell with pride when you see BU bestriding the sideline as a Colossus, coiled like a cobra, exhorting, cajoling, and firing his troops onward to further conquest, well then my friend I counsel reflection, if not wholesale introspection.

And, again, I apologize to all English teachers who suffered through that appalling run-on sentence. It happens when I get on my soapbox.

OK. That woke me up.

ILL-

pruman91 · Jan 17, 2022

altgeld88 said:
A further thought, 'cause this is an important topic (to me): I have seen many BT basketball seasons. Fewer than some towering elder statesman on this board, many more than others still enjoying the flush of youthful vigor but having spent their tenderfoot Illini basketball fandom years wandering through the wilderness along a path metaphorically paved with shards of glass.

IMHO, If you're an Illini fan and are not enjoying the state of our program and this team, right now, even when it hits on three cylinders and still wins by 10, in mid-January, when the yips (I'm lookin' at you, MSU) and the flu (*cough*, *cough*, Michigan) begin to beset lesser teams in advance of the long, hard slog that is February toward the grail of conference supremacy, and your chest doesn't swell with pride when you see BU bestriding the sideline as a Colossus, coiled like a cobra, exhorting, cajoling, and firing his troops onward to further conquest, well then my friend I counsel reflection, if not wholesale introspection.

And, again, I apologize to all English teachers who suffered through that appalling run-on sentence. It happens when I get on my soapbox.

OK. That woke me up.

ILL-

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Are we tailgating or what !!!!!!!

Longtimelurker · Jan 17, 2022

altgeld88 said:
A further thought, 'cause this is an important topic (to me): I have seen many BT basketball seasons. Fewer than some towering elder statesman on this board, many more than others still enjoying the flush of youthful vigor but having spent their tenderfoot Illini basketball fandom years wandering through the wilderness along a path metaphorically paved with shards of glass.

IMHO, If you're an Illini fan and are not enjoying the state of our program and this team, right now, even when it hits on three cylinders and still wins by 10, in mid-January, when the yips (I'm lookin' at you, MSU) and the flu (*cough*, *cough*, Michigan) begin to beset lesser teams in advance of the long, hard slog that is February toward the grail of conference supremacy, and your chest doesn't swell with pride when you see BU bestriding the sideline as a Colossus, coiled like a cobra, exhorting, cajoling, and firing his troops onward to further conquest, well then my friend I counsel reflection, if not wholesale introspection.

And, again, I apologize to all English teachers who suffered through that appalling run-on sentence. It happens when I get on my soapbox.

OK. That woke me up.

ILL-

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the juiceman cometh · Jan 17, 2022

I know we're eventually going to lose a conference game this season, but

Butkus68 · Jan 17, 2022

altgeld88 said:
A further thought, 'cause this is an important topic (to me): I have seen many BT basketball seasons. Fewer than some towering elder statesman on this board, many more than others still enjoying the flush of youthful vigor but having spent their tenderfoot Illini basketball fandom years wandering through the wilderness along a path metaphorically paved with shards of glass.

IMHO, If you're an Illini fan and are not enjoying the state of our program and this team, right now, even when it hits on three cylinders and still wins by 10, in mid-January, when the yips (I'm lookin' at you, MSU) and the flu (*cough*, *cough*, Michigan) begin to beset lesser teams in advance of the long, hard slog that is February toward the grail of conference supremacy, and your chest doesn't swell with pride when you see BU bestriding the sideline as a Colossus, coiled like a cobra, exhorting, cajoling, and firing his troops onward to further conquest, well then my friend I counsel reflection, if not wholesale introspection.

And, again, I apologize to all English teachers who suffered through that appalling run-on sentence. It happens when I get on my soapbox.

OK. That woke me up.

ILL-

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trtl · Jan 17, 2022

pruman91 said:
With this early start time ole pru has had to adjust my usual pre-game ritual and I settled on a breakfast of 2 pieces of toast with Strawberry preserves and some community coffee/ Irish Creme flavor........yum yum...........now , a chaser of a gummy bear and 3 Ibuprofin tablets.........Around 9:30 am I will be having a couple of Oscar Meyer hot dogs ,100 % Angus Beef and some Sour Cream & Onion chips .......If we lose , I won't be eating the rest of the day , but will be drinking heavily........If we win i will be having my normal pre-game eats of Ribeye , baked tater and salad as a post game victory feast ...........

I'm debating on a wake and bake and think I'll wait until after the game is over ......

I predicted earlier and will stick with it ..................

Illini 76
purdont 69

GO ILLINI !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Someone tell me why this is my favorite post. I don’t want it to be, but it is.

sacraig · Jan 17, 2022

pruman91 said:
With this early start time ole pru has had to adjust my usual pre-game ritual and I settled on a breakfast of 2 pieces of toast with Strawberry preserves and some community coffee/ Irish Creme flavor........yum yum...........now , a chaser of a gummy bear and 3 Ibuprofin tablets.........Around 9:30 am I will be having a couple of Oscar Meyer hot dogs ,100 % Angus Beef and some Sour Cream & Onion chips .......If we lose , I won't be eating the rest of the day , but will be drinking heavily........If we win i will be having my normal pre-game eats of Ribeye , baked tater and salad as a post game victory feast ...........

I'm debating on a wake and bake and think I'll wait until after the game is over ......

I predicted earlier and will stick with it ..................

Illini 76
purdont 69

GO ILLINI !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wh... what's in the gummy bear?

Longtimelurker · Jan 17, 2022

altgeld88 said:
Apparently, only results that consistently resemble smiting our opponents, sacking and burning their villages to the ground, salting the earth beneath, and marching away toward the following game leaving a chorus of wailing behind them.

And even that might be insufficient.

Altgeld with some good posts this morning. I’d like to subscribe to your blog.