Pregame: Illinois vs Rutgers, Thursday, January 8th, 7:30pm CT, BTN
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Good point but should we look at the schedules? We've played 6 top 50 teams in 14 games (KP)
Florida played 2
Uconn played 6
Uconn played 4
Kansas, played 4
Virginia, played 3
Nova, played 3
UNC, played 3
Nova, played 5
Duke, played 3
UConn, played 4
So the avg champion last 10 years played 3-4 top 50 teams, and a couple of those had 3 or more losses.
Even If we had replaced Uconn/bama with a cupcake team wed still be above avg in the top 50s of this list in terms of the games and likely would be 13-1. Would we feel much better? Not sure
EDIT: adding top 25 teams played for another dimension
Illinois, played 4
Florida: 1
Uconn: 4
Uconn: 1
Kansas: 1
Virginia: 3
Nova: 3
UNC: 3
Nova: 3
Duke: 2
Uconn: 1
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Correction to above..Illinois has played 5 top 25 kenpom teams, providing a comp to the top 12 KP teams below
Illinois: 5 (20, 13, 7,16,22)
1. MIchigan: 2 top 25 teams played (5, 21)
2. Arizona: 3 (7,13, 14)
3.Iowa st: 3 (4, 17, 25)
4. Purdue: 3 (3, 13, 20)
5. Gonzaga: 3 (1, 13, 24)
6.Vanderbilt: 0
7.Uconn: 5 (2, 10, 8, 18, 14)
9. Duke: 5 (18, 23, 14, 15, 20)
10. BYU: 2 (21, 7)
11. Houston: 2 (16,23)
12. Louisville 3 (24, 23, 16)
Illinois: 5 (20, 13, 7,16,22)
1. MIchigan: 2 top 25 teams played (5, 21)
2. Arizona: 3 (7,13, 14)
3.Iowa st: 3 (4, 17, 25)
4. Purdue: 3 (3, 13, 20)
5. Gonzaga: 3 (1, 13, 24)
6.Vanderbilt: 0
7.Uconn: 5 (2, 10, 8, 18, 14)
9. Duke: 5 (18, 23, 14, 15, 20)
10. BYU: 2 (21, 7)
11. Houston: 2 (16,23)
12. Louisville 3 (24, 23, 16)
Gotta guard that dude Francis. Can really score.
The general point I get. But expecting to win P4 games, against anybody, is probably setting yourself up for heartburn. Closest Kenpom opponents i could find were actually 30 spots in both directions - Penn St. 30 spots higher, and LIU 30 spots lower.
Let's just go out there and play a good game.
You can park in the E-14 Lot just to the west of the stadium for $20. The entrance is on Oak Street. I try to start walking up to the stadium at least 30 minutes before tip-off.
Bonus — If you can stay after the game is over and wait for the crowd to clear out, BU will come back out on the court to do the post-game radio interview with Brian and Deon and it’s broadcast over the PA.
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I fully expect and demand a 2 minute Tomi chant to start the game.... Show him love!!! That's Loyalty muthafrackers!!!! ILL
sacraig
- The desert
Nothing I'm aware of.
201154JC
- Rockford, IL
Thank you.
DICKnaggie
- Champaign
I've not heard of anything. Should be pretty quiet with the students still gone. I'm on campus today and it's a ghost town.
201154JC
- Rockford, IL
Thank you.
Battle89
- Cary-Grove, the better Trojan team
IMO default crowd setting should be Orange Out unless otherwise notified
201154JC
- Rockford, IL
Agreed.IMO default crowd setting should be Orange Out unless otherwise notified
skyIdub
"I can't tell you. Secret."
IMO default crowd setting should be Orange Out unless otherwise notified
Are these fans that deliberately ignore the coordinated crowd things the same people that hang out in the left lane driving the speed limit and shrug laugh when faster traffic comes up behind them?
These are the first people to go if there's ever a real The Purge.
Tophe
- Middle TN
I agree too. The next official Orange Out isn't until Feb 4IMO default crowd setting should be Orange Out unless otherwise notified
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
If you see old photos or videos from circa 2005, it's honestly crazy how much more often people wore orange back in that era.IMO default crowd setting should be Orange Out unless otherwise notified
This was our Braggin' Rights contingent this year:
While there is still definitely a lot of orange, just compare it to this photo from the 2006-07 Braggin' Rights Game (courtesy of Illinois Loyalty archives!!) or this zoomed in photo of our crowd contingent for the 2005 National Championship (we obviously had huge majorities in every section, but I am talking specifically about the "assigned" sections behind our bench).
I'm sure part of the blame lies with the apparel manufacturers and stores, as there are probably way more navy, white and gray options now. It is a bit of an unfortunate trend as far as our home court atmosphere goes, and it was a lot cooler when all Illini fans in non-Champaign arenas wore orange and made ourselves super visible.
P.S. Regarding the Braggin' Rights photos, when and W-H-Y did Enterprise Center decide it was a good idea to make the upper deck like pitch black? Looks like crap and gives the place a dreary atmosphere, lol.
A lot of arenas adopted the trend that I think was started by the Lakers to put focus on the court.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Hmm, interesting. Not a fan at all, myself!
MSG and Staples do this too.
Indiana HS basketball, especially the very suburban gyms, also do this. In smaller arenas and gyms I actually think it can be cool.
But in the big open stadiums that host multiple sporting events, I agree with you, looks off
I'm going with this will finally be a "Tomi" game (22/8/5). We smoke Nutgers 106-75
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