Pregame: Illinois vs Purdue, Thursday, February 22nd, 6:00pm CT, FS1
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IMO easiest (realistic) path to the B1G Championship is to....
-get in the 11/14 game and win
-beat #6 IU
-beat #3 OSU
-beat the team that upsets Purdue (maybe PSU?)
And if we somehow get there, hopefully play anybody besides MSU. I'm still dreaming.
-get in the 11/14 game and win
-beat #6 IU
-beat #3 OSU
-beat the team that upsets Purdue (maybe PSU?)
And if we somehow get there, hopefully play anybody besides MSU. I'm still dreaming.
IMO easiest (realistic) path to the B1G Championship is to....
-get in the 11/14 game and win
-beat #6 IU
-beat #3 OSU
-beat the team that upsets Purdue (maybe PSU?)
And if we somehow get there, hopefully play anybody besides MSU. I'm still dreaming.
Know it won't matter much to the critics. But would so love to beat both Purdue & finish off with a road win at Rutgers. Maybe telling the players they will get another day off before the B1G tournament would be motivation enough?
foby
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IMO easiest (realistic) path to the B1G Championship is to....
-get in the 11/14 game and win
-beat #6 IU
-beat #3 OSU
-beat the team that upsets Purdue (maybe PSU?)
And if we somehow get there, hopefully play anybody besides MSU. I'm still dreaming.
Least resistance for sure. A team we beat, a team we should have beat. And dream away......
The Dave
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Unfortunately I'd take PU and lay the points. I think this is a 15+ loss.
I'll be surprised if we have Finke back.
At this point, if he plays another game this year, I'd be shocked.
Yep, Haas moves in slow-mo. Have to take advantage of that.
And defensively, I would rather play Haas straight up as much as possible. We have a chance if we can keep trading 2's, plus Haas throws up bricks some games. I feel like some times teams just assume they have to double Haas and that plays right into Purdue's hands. If their shooters get open 3's and get in a rhythm, they're unbeatable.
IMO easiest (realistic) path to the B1G Championship is to....
-get in the 11/14 game and win
-beat #6 IU
-beat #3 OSU
-beat the team that upsets Purdue (maybe PSU?)
And if we somehow get there, hopefully play anybody besides MSU. I'm still dreaming.
Yes, but the season's been something of a nightmare, in that most of us figured Underwood would change the culture, magically find a way to win without a BIG front-court, and coach our freshman into veteran's by the end of the non-conference, or deep into the season at worst.
I admit I was thinking 9-9 during the offseason
We're not a dangerous team, so I have no illusions about the BIG tourney, however, I very much want their season to keep going, so I'm really hoping they keep improving, and can make the most of it.
My confidence in Underwood has not been shaken. I think he's tearing up a broken foundation and rebuilding. It just takes more time given how much is changing, and what he came in with.
Purdue has done an awesome job of recruiting. They loaded up on bigs, two 7-2 guys and would have a third dominating big but he is in the NBA. They also recruited shooters.
We on the other hand are small and shoot 3's with a lower percentage. Hopefully these two issues are addressed off season.
We on the other hand are small and shoot 3's with a lower percentage. Hopefully these two issues are addressed off season.
2 Top 100 recruits on their roster is not impressive. Heck we have 2 also.
I guess you can call it really good talent evaluation. Edwards & Mathias are clearly all conference players and PJ Thompson is a very important player for them.
System talent is still talent
Dan
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Per #Purdue coach Matt Painter, senior forward Vincent Edwards will not play tonight at Illinois.
https://twitter.com/nbairdjc/status/966734042266853376
https://twitter.com/nbairdjc/status/966734042266853376
kcib8130
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Not sure we can do that anymore!
He's a fine shooter,
Just not a good maker.
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