Pregame: Illinois vs Texas/Xavier

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illini510
I don't have a favorite between Texas and Xavier but seeing Tre Johnson up vs Will Riley would be a very interesting matchup as would a battle between potential lottery players in Tre Johnson and KJ
 
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illini510
For those that have gone to tournament games before, is a session ticket good for both games during that session or just one game? That would make the prices much more digestable to deal with
 
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Illwinsagain
Does a late night Friday game, preclude us from the 11 am Sunday games that we have gotten in the past?
 
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PizzaHutParkingLot
illinifan1987 said:
This is the best possible draw for us! It's Final 4 or bust now.
All the big brain board members...:cool:
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I understand how West Virginia feels
 
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FrankNitty30
mysterio2525 said:
Honestly north Carolina fits the profile of a team that will be in the play in game and can go on a run to sweet 16. Ole Miss is good but can be beaten. Iowa State has a key player injured. And North Carolina is controversial last team the field with talent that had underperformed all season so logic goes out the window and go on a run. Or they lose on the play in game, lol.
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UCLA a few years ago. Oregon State a few years ago. Didn’t Michigan St have a Sweet 16 run from the play-in game?
 
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Ramrod2010
illini510 said:
For those that have gone to tournament games before, is a session ticket good for both games during that session or just one game? That would make the prices much more digestable to deal with
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I haven't gone before, but having looked into it I'm fairly certain that a session ticket gets you both games in that time slot (either the two earlier games or two later games in that location).
 
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mysterio2525
FrankNitty30 said:
UCLA a few years ago. Oregon State a few years ago. Didn’t Michigan St have a Sweet 16 run from the play-in game?
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It happens a lot. Syracuse was trash team that barely got in a few years back and went on a run. Let's just do our part and shut our side down.... Give no quarter to Texas or Xavier.

Win against the 11, get hot and blitz Kentucky. Get a tough and well earned revenge win against Tennessee with a kj game winning shot. Get to elite 8 and hope clingan is nowhere to be found
 
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Ramrod2010
illinifan1987 said:
This is the best possible draw for us! It's Final 4 or bust now.
All the big brain board members...:cool:
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Mr Smooth Brain reporting for duty.

Still kind of shocked that they got a 6, but I'll happily be wrong this time.
 
#94      
lstewart53x3
In 2021, we played Loyola. They were an 8 seed, but finished the season at #10 in KenPom, a 3 seed equivalent. Then in 2022, we played Houston. They were a 5 seed, but finished the year at #2 in KenPom, a 1 seed equivalent.

Doing that same math, this year, we'll play Texas or Xavier in round 1 as an 11 seed. Xavier is 43 in KenPom and Texas is 44. Both 11 seed equivalents—right in line with where they're seeded.

Then, we'll likely play #16 Kentucky as a 3 seed, a 4 seed equivalent.

That's a pretty good path to a sweet 16, no absurdly under-seeded teams in our way.
 
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illini510
Illwinsagain said:
Does a late night Friday game, preclude us from the 11 am Sunday games that we have gotten in the past?
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Typically, CBS has dibs on who they want to play in those late morning/early afternoon/mid afternoon games. They want the best draws in those timeslots. My guess is that if ILL and Kentucky win, they'll put us in a mid afternoon to late afternoon game(so either the 1:30pm or the 4pm game on CBS). I doubt they'd put us at the 11am tip
 
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