Here’s what we need to be rooting for:
— Illinois AT LEAST 17-3, no more than one loss the rest of reg season, must beat Michigan.
— Purdue beats Michigan
Pregame: Illinois vs Wisconsin, Tuesday, February 10th, 7:00pm CT, Peacock/YTTV
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— Illinois AT LEAST 17-3, no more than one loss the rest of reg season, must beat Michigan.
— Purdue beats Michigan
Do any of the students have those cheese shredder hats? Need the students to have those and chant Green Bay Sucks!
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And..
— Purdue beats Nebraska tomorrow
Nebraska doesn’t have another ranked opponent on their schedule. @Iowa and @UCLA will be tough, but with a healthy Mast and Frager they have a real shot at 18-2 if tomorrow night is a W.
I think the next two are must wins. Have to beat Wisconsin and have to beat Indiana.
You think they go 3-0 in the stretch of @UCLA, @USC, @Iowa?
I wouldn't even put it past them being underdogs in two of those.
John Fanta and Robbie Hummel to call the game tomorrow night.
Gonna be a long travel day for Hummel tomorrow as he's calling Thunder/Lakers on Peacock and NBCSN tonight.
Gonna be a long travel day for Hummel tomorrow as he's calling Thunder/Lakers on Peacock and NBCSN tonight.
Holy !!!!....Comparing Keaton to Mike. Wow
I think this will be a tough one for the Illini.
Badgers have been streaky but they gave Michigan their lone loss this season. On the road in Ann Arbor
Badgers have been streaky but they gave Michigan their lone loss this season. On the road in Ann Arbor
This ain’t last year.
Wisconsin is not the team Maryland was last year. And this is not the same team as last year. If I am not mistaken Maryland beat us on the glass and in paint. Both games. I will bet that won't happen tomorrow. We have a weakness with Boswell out. Other teams are figuring it out. But you have to have a guard that can put the ball on the floor and get to basket. Wisconsin happens to have one of those. I am guessing we will take a different defensive approach to the staggered screen dribble tomorrow.
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Win this and I think we take the next three after going into the Michigan game
I think Iowa is a very losable game. And I think they’re ranked by that point.
Only 5 losses - and 4 came at Purdue, at Michigan State, at Iowa State, home Illinois.
Fanta and Hummel is a win
I mentioned it a few pages back -- the advantage we'll have against Wiscy that we didn't against MSU is the defensive glass. Michigan State is #6 in the nation in OREB rate, while Wisconsin is #213.
On that note, Indiana is likely one where we'll have an advantage on the offensive glass. IU is #121 in DREB rate, while Illinois is #5 in OREB rate.
Indiana's just not a good rebounding team, as they're also #259 in OREB rate.
On that note, Indiana is likely one where we'll have an advantage on the offensive glass. IU is #121 in DREB rate, while Illinois is #5 in OREB rate.
Indiana's just not a good rebounding team, as they're also #259 in OREB rate.
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Top 25ish team over the last month but they're soft on the glass and on defense.
The three pointer is the great equalizer. They shoot a lot of them at a decent clip. And we tend to allow teams to shoot well from three. So, that's how they can beat us.
Speaking of threes. Since January, we've shot them on about 56% of our possessions. Second most in the country. And it's been working great for us. But I think this could be a game where we could rely more on shots at the rim.
They haven't beat us in Champaign since 2019. And we *should* extend that streak tonight in relatively comfortable fashion, IMO.
The three pointer is the great equalizer. They shoot a lot of them at a decent clip. And we tend to allow teams to shoot well from three. So, that's how they can beat us.
Speaking of threes. Since January, we've shot them on about 56% of our possessions. Second most in the country. And it's been working great for us. But I think this could be a game where we could rely more on shots at the rim.
They haven't beat us in Champaign since 2019. And we *should* extend that streak tonight in relatively comfortable fashion, IMO.
Just wanted to point out this isn't true at all. Illinois is in the top 15 percentile nationally 3 point percentage allowed (.313)
Interestingly enough, Nebraska is the only power conf team to shoot over 40% against us in a game all season, and they did it twice (12-26 .462 in Champaign and 15-35 .429 at their place)
Footnote that if anyone wanted to counterpoint cupcakes vs power conf opponents, our 3 point defense vs power conf opponents is .317 so right on our season avg
If it gets hairy I'll really wig out (I'm channeling my 60's gestalt)If not... do you think things could get a little hairy???
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"We're giving up more (threes) because we're trying not to give up as many twos and layups.... A really good three point shooter is going to shoot 35, 36% (against us)"
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A hot start for 6 minutes, building an early 8 to10 point lead, cooling off the rest of the half and lead by three. Second half a dog fight until about 8 minutes to go where we build an arms-length lead and win 79-72.
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