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General Category => Fighting Illini Basketball Forum => Topic started by: Miles Leonard on March 15, 2026, 05:09:40 PM
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Discuss TOTTM related things here.
St Johns as a 5 seed. Thought they should have been higher.
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Purdue got our 2 seed…
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Bright side: Don't get to lose to Kentucky this year.
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Guess we're headed to the South
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Guess we're headed to the South
South is gonna be loaded…
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3 seems fair with the collapse down the stretch
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Great. Get to lose to NC
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Our first round opponent is Penn. Francon alert!
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UNC is down Caleb Wilson so that's a decent 2nd round matchup. I do not like playing an Ivy League team on Thursday, but it's Fran and they have 11 losses.
Florida is the best 1 we could ask for but we'll get badly pasted by Houston (again) if we both make it to the 2nd weekend.
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Purdue got our 2 seed…
Yes. In the West. I coulda gone to the S16 game.
Who am I kidding we’d lose to Missouri for sure
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Bright side: Don't get to lose to Kentucky this year.
I’d rather that than what is gonna happen instead
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UNC is down Caleb Wilson so that's a decent 2nd round matchup. I do not like playing an Ivy League team on Thursday, but it's Fran and they have 11 losses.
Florida is the best 1 we could ask for but we'll get badly pasted by Houston (again) if we both make it to the 2nd weekend.
North Carolina - in South Carolina… this is not good
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Given our record down the stretch, have to be happy with a 3. Take care of Fran and get our revenge on the heels. All gravy after that.
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Zags got a favorable bracket, Iowa St. should breeze, I like St Johns a lot more now than earlier in the year, and Akron could sneak a win out in the first rd also.
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Hofstra got a 13 seed, Penn got a 14 seed vs us.....Hofstra beat Penn by 17. Hofstra only lost by 4 to UCF, who is a 10 seed who beat Texas Tech by 8, the same team who we beat by 4. So all in all the early line sounds about right....23.5. We will see Sweet 16 route is pretty damn easy imo, if Brad doesn't get it done with this path at least Sweet 16 then man I dunno.....I mean this is borderline an ELITE bracket for us.
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Hofstra got a 13 seed, Penn got a 14 seed vs us.....Hofstra beat Penn by 17. Hofstra only lost by 4 to UCF, who is a 10 seed who beat Texas Tech by 8, the same team who we beat by 4. So all in all the early line sounds about right....23.5. We will see Sweet 16 route is pretty damn easy imo, if Brad doesn't get it done with this path at least Sweet 16 then man I dunno.....I mean this is borderline an ELITE bracket for us.
North Carolina in Greenville then Houston in Houston?
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Can’t really complain about the first weekend draw with banged up UNC. Houston and Illini pretty evenly matched in metrics, don’t like it being a home game for them but one could argue we have played better away from home. Suspect they’ll get physical, rattle us, turn us over a lot, and proceed to buttfuck us. But maybe we’ll get hot from 3 and lose in OT instead.
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I think we got a very favorable bracket, thank god we're not in the east or midwest
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Can’t really complain about the first weekend draw with banged up UNC. Houston and Illini pretty evenly matched in metrics, don’t like it being a home game for them but one could argue we have played better away from home. Suspect they’ll get physical, rattle us, turn us over a lot, and proceed to buttfuck us. But maybe we’ll get hot from 3 and lose in OT instead.
Translation : bet the farm on Penn. money line
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We played ourselves into a 3. It probably could have been worse and I would have been surprised if we got a 2. Nonetheless, find some moxie or we're going home early. So just beat Fran's ass for starters. 8:25 Thur on TNT.
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Decent chance the second round would be against VCU and not UNC
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Well we have officially been given the Bilas curse:
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/48219737/2026-men-ncaa-tournament-jay-bilas-predictions-bracket
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Well we have officially been given the Bilas curse:
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/48219737/2026-men-ncaa-tournament-jay-bilas-predictions-bracket
He’s on crack
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He’s on crack
I agree although reluctantly.
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He’s on crack
I mean thats why they play the games, i'd be very surprised if we beat houston but who knows maybe this is our year for some outplaying of our seed
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I mean thats why they play the games, i'd be very surprised if we beat houston but who knows maybe this is our year for some outplaying of our seed
Given that, I believe, we never ever done it, let's do it.
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We beat a two seed as a three seed just two years ago
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We beat a two seed as a three seed just two years ago
Does Iowa State really count?
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update your spreadsheet paman!
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update your spreadsheet paman!
I guess I should count 1 victory over a non-Blue Blood!
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I guess I should count 1 victory over a non-Blue Blood!
baby steps!
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We got the #10 spot in the field and the conference gets 6 in the top 20.
1st things 1st. Beat the Quakers.
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This is one of the easiest paths to a S16 we have ever had.
We basically then have a four team tournament to get to FF and it is doable if we hit threes, rebound, and guard well enough - and execute at the end of games.
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Alabama ripe for upset now....what a dumbshit Holloway is....feel free to change the brackets.
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The Ivy Leaguers are generally annoying as fuck to play but we should dispatch Penn fairly easily.
I wouldn’t automatically pencil in UNC for the 2nd round either.
What happened last month can’t be fixed. It’s time to reset and move forward. Need to come out locked in from the opening jump or GTFO. It’s that simple now.
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The Ivy Leaguers are generally annoying as fuck to play but we should dispatch Penn fairly easily.
I wouldn’t automatically pencil in UNC for the 2nd round either.
What happened last month can’t be fixed. It’s time to reset and move forward. Need to come out locked in from the opening jump or GTFO. It’s that simple now.
Yep. As Dabo said "bring your own guts."
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Everyone worries about what happened the last month, we were shorthanded and then working guys back into the rotation. We lost some really close games to pretty damn good teams because (usually) they got hot from 3 and made their free throws on nights we didn’t.
I think the metric still had us as a top 10 team during that stretch. We’re going to be a tough matchup for just about anybody we play I think. I feel like some of our three-point shooting woes late in the season were indicative of tired legs. Should sure as hell be rested come Thursday.
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I think the metric still had us as a top 10 team during that stretch. We’re going to be a tough matchup for just about anybody we play I think. I feel like some of our three-point shooting woes late in the season were indicative of tired legs. Should sure as hell be rested come Thursday.
I like your optimism, however we DID, just have a week (5 day) break and didn't work out so well....so let's hope that extra 1 day pays huge dividends.
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Currently we have a 76% chance to reach the S16, a 37% chance of reaching the E8, house $$$$ if we do that. Pretty good odds.
Final Four currently we have a 18.5% and a 8.5% odds to reach the Natty C-Game....only 4% victory odds to win however.
Based on how we finished this year (disappointing to say the least), and our on again-off again love/like/hate relationship with Underwood, factored in, how many years would we in the past LOVED to have been given this kind of current odds, future perspective, recent past records?
Underwood may not be ALL of what we want, but he has built us back to a level, we has fans have only briefly in the past been able to encounter....I wish the staff and our beloved a long run, and IF we don't make it as far as we want, remember their are so many others teams with worse current/future prospects.
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Everyone worries about what happened the last month, we were shorthanded and then working guys back into the rotation. We lost some really close games to pretty damn good teams because (usually) they got hot from 3 and made their free throws on nights we didn’t.
I think the metric still had us as a top 10 team during that stretch. We’re going to be a tough matchup for just about anybody we play I think. I feel like some of our three-point shooting woes late in the season were indicative of tired legs. Should sure as hell be rested come Thursday.
Maybe so, but this team has still proven to be a bit slow and a bit soft. I like this team, but they’ve got to get a lot better very quickly if they want to reach their potential.
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Currently we have a 76% chance to reach the S16, a 37% chance of reaching the E8, house $$$$ if we do that. Pretty good odds.
Final Four currently we have a 18.5% and a 8.5% odds to reach the Natty C-Game....only 4% victory odds to win however.
Based on how we finished this year (disappointing to say the least), and our on again-off again love/like/hate relationship with Underwood, factored in, how many years would we in the past LOVED to have been given this kind of current odds, future perspective, recent past records?
Underwood may not be ALL of what we want, but he has built us back to a level, we has fans have only briefly in the past been able to encounter....I wish the staff and our beloved a long run, and IF we don't make it as far as we want, remember their are so many others teams with worse current/future prospects.
Cignetti waives while wearing his natty hat. Let's get this done. For once.
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Currently we have a 76% chance to reach the S16, a 37% chance of reaching the E8, house $$$$ if we do that. Pretty good odds.
Final Four currently we have a 18.5% and a 8.5% odds to reach the Natty C-Game....only 4% victory odds to win however.
Based on how we finished this year (disappointing to say the least), and our on again-off again love/like/hate relationship with Underwood, factored in, how many years would we in the past LOVED to have been given this kind of current odds, future perspective, recent past records?
Underwood may not be ALL of what we want, but he has built us back to a level, we has fans have only briefly in the past been able to encounter....I wish the staff and our beloved a long run, and IF we don't make it as far as we want, remember their are so many others teams with worse current/future prospects.
Glad you’re finally realizing this. Our love/hate relationship with Underwood? Most B1G wins this decade, averaging a top 4 seed, putting players in the NBA, etc. We were the #9 overall seed this year.
Yeah, I’m ready for a Final 4, but had TSJ not gotten fucked on that BS charge a couple years ago we almost certainly are a 2 seed in a different region than UConn. We would have had as good a chance as anyone outside of Purdue to get there, and we wouldn’t have been in their bracket.
We have a good draw this year, hope we can make the most of it. If Brad turns this into a F4 appearance he’ll cement himself as an Illini legend.
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I love that NC State/Texas is just Dickie V and Barkley complaining about the NCAA and NIL.🤣
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Our love/hate relationship with Underwood?
There are plenty of past posts, dare I say by almost anyone at any time regarding Underwood, whether he is the right guy or not....that was the reference. As far, as me finally realizing it, I have been overly happy with the team/staff/rosters/willingness to change as required and most certainly the overall winning and results for quite some time. That said however, it doesn't mean I am in love with Underwood, have complained in the past, hell even thought at moments we might be better off with others perhaps.....doesn't mean I didn't realize it and have for a long time, we are all fortunate as fans to be in the position that we are in.
Dare I say the MVP for us so far may very well be Whitman, without him, we don't have Underwood, Bielema, Green, leading the charge for ILLINI athletics. It is certainly great to see.
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Only took Whitman like 10 years to get things going.
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Have to make Free Shots to win, dude!
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Sure looks like Free Shots Matter! Another Tempo Meme going down tonight....
LOL. Clutch shot by that dude trumps the defeat of the meme!
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Couple of entertaining ones tonight to kick off the TOTTM
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Only took Whitman like 10 years to get things going.
Hired February 2016
Bowl games in 19, 22, 24, 25 seasons while also managing to get us off the “never had a minority head coach” list
NCAA tourneys in 20*, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 (average top 4 seed)
Before that:
No NCAA Tourneys since 2013
1 minor bowl game under Becktard
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Golden era.
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Couple of entertaining ones tonight to kick off the TOTTM
This guy disagrees. FTR, I did not watch.
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Hired February 2016
Bowl games in 19, 22, 24, 25 seasons while also managing to get us off the “never had a minority head coach” list
NCAA tourneys in 20*, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 (average top 4 seed)
Before that:
No NCAA Tourneys since 2013
1 minor bowl game under Becktard
What you see is a golden era, what I see is a guy who finally reached competence in his second contract; and who got lucky that nobody wanted Brett Vielma
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What you see is a golden era, what I see is a guy who finally reached competence in his second contract; and who got lucky that nobody wanted Brett Vielma
How many 5 year stretches in your 50 some years have we averaged 8 wins in football and a top 4 seed in basketball?
Hiring Lovie was a really good move. He didn’t win as much as we wanted, but we absolutely had to get off the “never had a minority coach” list and was able to do so with a guy who restored some grace and dignity to the role after the player abuse scandal that ended Beckman’s tenure. He also brought a jolt of energy and fundraising to a beleaguered fanbase. Easy to forget that Bill Cubit was our coach (not ideal) when Whitman arrived.
He hired Underwood in 2016 who has been outstanding here by nearly ever measure. He’s a Final Four appearance away from being in the conversation of best Illinois basketball coach, at least in the modern era.
Fundraising has been exceptional.
Enjoy it because he won’t be around forever
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Winning 8 games is much easier today than it was when I was young. They only played 11 games, and you MAYBE got 1 cupcake scheduled vs 2-3 you get today.
Illini Basketball was pretty outstanding most of my knowledge of it minus the Pearl fiasco and Bruce Weber and John Groce cratering the program.
I will admittedly say that I didn't really appreciate Lou Henson until after he was gone. That's on me.
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Another article listing Wagler....TOP 5 potential breakout stars in this years tourney.
That's some recognition, let's hope A) We don't need it....B) We get it.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/48196523/march-madness-player-ranking-ncaa-tournament-cameron-boozer-aj-dybantsa-2026
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Winning 8 games is much easier today than it was when I was young. They only played 11 games, and you MAYBE got 1 cupcake scheduled vs 2-3 you get today.
Illini Basketball was pretty outstanding most of my knowledge of it minus the Pearl fiasco and Bruce Weber and John Groce cratering the program.
I will admittedly say that I didn't really appreciate Lou Henson until after he was gone. That's on me.
The 30-0 run makes us forget that getting to the Elite 8 is something we almost never do.
Since I enrolled in 1986, we have 2 final fours (both teams really should have won it all), and 3 elite 8’s. That’s it.
The Sweet 16 is a miracle for us. What’s not a miracle is how many nut punches we’ve had - Austin Peay, Dayton, Chattanooga, Loyola, VaTech, Tulsa ,
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Since I enrolled in 1968, we have 2 final fours and 3 elite 8’s. That’s it.
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Since I enrolled in 1968, we have 2 final fours and 3 elite 8’s. That’s it.
Which one of us miscounted ?
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Duke vs Michigan in every pool except one with Duke over PeeU.
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Duke vs Michigan in every pool except one with Duke over PeeU.
Not drinking the Cal Baptist kool ade huh??
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Growing up, I always viewed the NCAA and NIT as post season parties. I actually got more excited about about the IHSA March Madness. Which was better when it was one class..
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First time seeing Miami Ohio play all year and they ran some good shit. Got open looks from three and they killed SMU on cuts all night.
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First time seeing Miami Ohio play all year and they ran some good shit. Got open looks from three and they killed SMU on cuts all night.
Only time I saw them play was when they nicked 14-15 Ohio in OT then flipped off and talked a bunch of shit to the Ohio fans. Glad they made the tourney but they’re gonna get killed in the first round, I think.
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Hilarious to see people say all year that we are a final four team now say the sweet 16 is the goal lol
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Win or go home. Winning today is the goal.
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Win or go home. Winning today is the goal.
Da Da Da..........Captain Obvious to the rescue....kind a like Handyman but for the masses....LOL, I kid I kid....GO ILLINI!!!
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Hilarious to see people say all year that we are a final four team now say the sweet 16 is the goal lol
Not going to complain about a S16. We went years without one. Lol.
This weekend is looking pretty easy for us TBH.
Don't see us getting past Houston or Florida but that is why they play the games.
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Anything less than Elite 8 will be disappointing in my book. We've been talked about as a title contender all year. I don't expect a title, or even a F4, but we're supposed to be a top 6-8 team in the country. I'd like to see us live up to that. Spent most of my life as an illini fan settling for less than we were capable of during TOTTM.
Plus, we've been given about as easy a path as we could ask for.
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We haven't been playing like a top 6-8 team and hopefully we get to the playing Houston in Houston part but .....
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Busted my ass early this week and made it back home late last night so I could settle in for the games
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We haven't been playing like a top 6-8 team and hopefully we get to the playing Houston in Houston part but .....
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No shit. But for much of the season we were.
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Jamie dixon gonna take down Duke
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Id take Jamie dixon as a coach easily
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No shit. But for much of the season we were.
Under the what have you done for me lately school of thought we haven't been top 6-8 for a month.
We may get back to what had us ranked in the top 8 but I wouldn't be surprised if we don't.
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We dropped some close games to good teams late in the season but the metrics still showed us playing like a top 10 team. Seems like people forget that other good teams lose tough conference games down the stretch, too.
Purdue looked like they were ready for the season to be over during the senior day drubbing by Wisconsin. Now people are picking them as a dark horse. We have the pieces to get deep. All it takes is getting the right matchups and some breaks.
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Don't get me wrong. I'll take any breaks we can get and if we can play some defense the rest of our game should keep us playing.
We haven't beaten a tournament team since Feb 1. It's 1 and done time, let's go on a roll.
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We dropped some close games to good teams late in the season but the metrics still showed us playing like a top 10 team. Seems like people forget that other good teams lose tough conference games down the stretch, too.
Purdue looked like they were ready for the season to be over during the senior day drubbing by Wisconsin. Now people are picking them as a dark horse. We have the pieces to get deep. All it takes is getting the right matchups and some breaks.
We have to make enough stops. We have a lot of weapons to score the ball but have to get more stops.
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Sheesh. Pass the ball up the floor.
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Id take Jamie dixon as a coach easily
He'd fit in blowing 15 point leads
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Nick Boyd's tears are so delicious.
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High Point! High Point! High Point! 😂
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Eat shit, Boyd you cocky POS
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Siena up 43-32 on Duke at half. Go Siena!
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Illinois can't beat those fuckers, but High Point sure can.
Did you guys see High Point's coach in the handshake line? LETS FUCKING GO!!!
Fuck yeah
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The Madness has begun! Siena… let’s fucking go!
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The Madness has begun! Siena… let’s fucking go!
Yes, we need this.
Although I'm fully prepared for Duke to win by 20 anyway.
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We better fucking bring it against Penn. No fucking around anymore.
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Illinois can't beat those fuckers, but High Point sure can.
Did you guys see High Point's coach in the handshake line? LETS FUCKING GO!!!
Fuck yeah
That dude who got the winning layup for High Point? He plays a lot of minutes - this was his first 2 pointer of the entire season. He's made sixty three pointers but was 0-4 for the season from 2
So far this tournament is already better than the entire last tourney.
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We better fucking bring it against Penn. No fucking around anymore.
Underwood should make them watch the last minute of OSU and Wisconsin's games all afternoon.
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Illinois better win with how much shit I'm texting to Wisconsin fucks
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Illinois better win with how much shit I'm texting to Wisconsin fucks
Good Lawd. You know better.
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Siena has just missed too many bunnies. Sad.
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Good Lawd. You know better.
I know. But I've had a few.
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VCU advances after being down 19!
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VCU advances after being down 19!
There was a reason we were rooting for UNC to hold on....LOL
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There was a reason we were rooting for UNC to hold on....LOL
I think the only time we ever took advantage of getting lucky from an upset was the 2005 team vs UW-M
I think we’ve been upset after catching a break and maybe there was a time the bracket cleared out but we lost before it even mattered (Chattanooga maybe)
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I think the only time we ever took advantage of getting lucky from an upset was the 2005 team vs UW-M
I think we’ve been upset after catching a break and maybe there was a time the bracket cleared out but we lost before it even mattered (Chattanooga maybe)
Yeah - we got gifted a game vs Chattanooga and lost - after Duke lost to Providence clearing out our bracket
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Wrong thread
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Since I haven't posted it here yet LOL at Wisconsin.
SLU looking good versus Georgia. Hopefully they can give UM a game.
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I think the only time we ever took advantage of getting lucky from an upset was the 2005 team vs UW-M
I think we’ve been upset after catching a break and maybe there was a time the bracket cleared out but we lost before it even mattered (Chattanooga maybe)
We got Duquesne in second round just two years ago. UW-Milwaukee in the S16 in 05. We got 4 seed Louisville 05 in the national semifinal.
We lost to UW in the round of 32 in 06, who then lost to 1 seed UConn, who then lost to George Mason in the regional final.
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fuck
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Fuck Kentucky, but that was a helluva shot. Santa Clara has hit to be shitting their pants about this overtime now…
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Lol Santa Clara. They didn't watch TCU put 2 guys on Thornton, the guy getting the inbounds pass.
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Fuck Kentucky, but that was a helluva shot. Santa Clara has hit to be shitting their pants about this overtime now…
Santa Clara really needed to foul there.
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Rough OT for their white guard dude. Gets frustrated and hacks a guy for dumb foul though that didn't end up hurting them. Then takes back to back threes over UK's center and gets blocked both times that lead to easy scores.
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Looks like John Groce doing his thing.
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Michigan might have just gotten a clear path to get to FF. ISU's best player looks like he might have serious ankle injury.
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Smith got his record breaking assist with tkr taking about 6 steps for an and one lol
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This Iowa - Clemson game reminds me of Weber ball. Tough watch.
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This Iowa - Clemson game reminds me of Weber ball. Tough watch.
and here I thought IOWA by itself was just tough to watch....LOL, no reason to drag Weber into, he gets blamed for a lot already.
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I said what I said
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We are 11 point favorites vs VCU.
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fwiw
https://www.thechampaignroom.com/illinois-fighting-illini-basketball-news/52761/illinois-know-your-opponent-vcu-scouting-report-fighting-illini-ncaa-big-ten-tournament
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11 pt favorite sounds right if the Michigan-SLU game was any indication.
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Adam Miller’s mom is probably furious
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Adam Miller’s mom is probably furious
Watch high point and USU win and Purdue will choke anyway
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NM.
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Nm
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Wrong thread again lol.
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This High Point team is kinda fun. Pretty athletic.
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That last shot by Vandy….
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That thing was about a millimeter or so from rattling in
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Unbelievable finish in that Nebraska game… whew
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Illini women advance too…
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Leading our bracket too with both entries… 😎
Always trust picks by Judy…
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTkJ9NXxM/
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Oh and how about a big thanks to Josh Whitman…
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Great job by the ladies too!
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Oh and how about a big thanks to Josh Whitman…
Well what say you, Tempo and PAMan?
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Well what say you, Tempo and PAMan?
https://x.com/illiniathletics/status/2035562155622158713?s=46&t=nLWTarDKWNHMqYhTVD-LQQ
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Hell yeah congrats girls I had planned to watch the ILL CU game and after some beers and having to pack for spring break I totally forgot. I'll watch in two days.
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Well what say you, Tempo and PAMan?
Championships matter. Not participation awards!
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With our arrows trending up, we must believe
Stringing post season tourneys and bowls don’t deceive
A pox on the fickle who don’t seem beholden
These Illinois sports are in the era called Golden!
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LOL!
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Grange gets it!
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Let’s go Iowa State and Iowa!
nsp!!!
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Nothing tastes better than Bill Self’s tears
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Turned into St Johns having to overcome 5-on-8 but they got it done.
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Florida's offense looking very Weber-y right now
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Lets go iowa? Ewwww
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Tennessee volunteering up the ball twice on inbounds plays in a couple of minutes. All tied up
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Free shots matter. Iowa biffing them
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Iowa with the clutch 3 dayum they won too
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BIG FUCKING TEN
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We get past Houston then it's either Nebraska or Iowa for a spot in the Final Four. !!!!!!
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Congrats to Iowa, just gift wrapped a path for Houston that we can take over if we play near perfectly.
The seeding committee badly messed up a few things, but that seems common every year.
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I don’t think Florida scouted Iowa at all
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I’m down with the Big Ten taking out UConn too
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Congrats to Iowa, just gift wrapped a path for Houston that we can take over if we play near perfectly.
The seeding committee badly messed up a few things, but that seems common every year.
Yep. St.John’s was definitely under seeded.
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Alabama is viciously buttfucking Texas Tech. My God.
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6 Big10 teams are in the Sweet 16. Beat Houston and we'll face 1 of those teams.
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6 Big10 teams are in the Sweet 16. Beat Houston and we'll face 1 of those teams.
Thanks for that fucking hard hitting analysis.
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Thanks for that fucking hard hitting analysis.
You're welcome
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Thanks for that fucking hard hitting analysis.
He’s a regular Andy Katz that guy
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Yep. St.John’s was definitely under seeded.
even dumbass seth davis said that on the selection show
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Yep. St.John’s was definitely under seeded.
We will see I have them to win it all.
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Michigan State "should win" which would lead to a "might win"
Nebby "might win" which would lead to a "might win"
Iowa "might win which would lead to a "might win"
Illinois "might win"- I like our chances due to Houston's inability for big runs/I.e. comebacks if needed. - which would lead to a "might win"
Michigan "should win" which would lead to a "might win"
Purdue "should win" which would lead to a "might win"
The B1G MIGHT win it all this year with 5 legit chances.
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nice man have a good time
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nice man have a good time
I've got an extra...
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I've got an extra...
He won't get there via bicycle in time
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I've got an extra...
See ya there
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See ya there
I’ll bet beingbackself thinks texting Bill Self wouldn’t be the worst idea!
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See ya there
You get a temp job slinging popcorn?
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I've got an extra...
I would definitely go if the illini were playing there but alas
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I’ll bet beingbackself thinks texting Bill Self wouldn’t be the worst idea!
Someone on loyalty said self isn't that much of a upgrade from underwood
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At this point, it’s possible. But I’d be willing to try.
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Someone on loyalty said self isn't that much of a upgrade from underwood
At this point in his career, the NIL, and the High School game changing....I would agree he is not.
Record 2020-2024
Underwood 117-54 300 -136 - 688% 2nd-7th-2nd conference last 3 years Rd 64 the year before that.
Self 102-35 Career 841-273 - 755%, 5th-6th-3rd conference last 3 years, National Title before that,
I would argue that Underwood actually has a more recent successful recruiting history.
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At this point in his career, the NIL, and the High School game changing....I would agree he is not.
Record 2020-2024
Underwood 117-54 300 -136 - 688% 2nd-7th-2nd conference last 3 years Rd 64 the year before that.
Self 102-35 Career 841-273 - 755%, 5th-6th-3rd conference last 3 years, National Title before that,
I would argue that Underwood actually has a more recent successful recruiting history.
Illinois is in the Sweet 16, Self couldn't get his lottery pick to play defense for one critical play and went home.
QED
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Sparty holds on against UConn, 2-1.
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9 seed xxxx takes care of Nebraska.
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Key possession late in the game and Nebby, out of a timeout, gets caught with only 4 players on the court which leads to the game sealing dunk and 1 for Iowa.
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Boilers are moving on
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Boilers are moving on
It was awesome. I was maybe 15 rows from the floor dead on the winning basket. Huge Purdue turnout.
Then went and had copious food and libations while Illinois jacked Houston
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B1G is showing out this year.....imo only St Johns or Arizona can stop us from getting to where we all want to be, otherwise a B1G team should win this thing....bout f***g time.
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It was awesome. I was maybe 15 rows from the floor dead on the winning basket. Huge Purdue turnout.
Then went and had copious food and libations while Illinois jacked Houston
sounds like everyone had a good time!
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Interesting article, several Illinois and Whitman mentions.
(https://i.ibb.co/BV546rs0/IMG-3506.jpg) (https://ibb.co/QF38HCmy)
https://apple.news/A7YqlO9EcSCWLKKbiRGU9bA
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Interesting article, several Illinois and Whitman mentions.
(https://i.ibb.co/BV546rs0/IMG-3506.jpg) (https://ibb.co/QF38HCmy)
https://apple.news/A7YqlO9EcSCWLKKbiRGU9bA
What I got out of all that was Underwood is in for one helluva raise.
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What I got out of all that was Underwood is in for one helluva raise.
He needs to beat Iowa IMO.
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He needs to beat Iowa IMO.
He will.
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He will.
It’s Illinois bro. Nothing can ever be taken for granted.
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Some really good games on right now
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Looks like UConn wants to buttfuck sparty
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Looks like UConn wants to buttfuck sparty
Yes it is appearing that way
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Looks like UConn wants to buttfuck sparty
Hey if we are going on a revenge tour it’s gotta include UConn…
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Free shots sure looked to matter in TOTTM tonight.
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Michigan 11-20
Duke 15-24
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Free shots sure looked to matter in TOTTM tonight.
That and Izzo drawing up a shitty last possession
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Little Boozer didn't play too much down the stretch, the St John's defense ate him alive. Scheyer making the right decision there. Duke has a good squad.
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It’s Illinois bro. Nothing can ever be taken for granted.
I can if I want....and well I want to take this one for granted dammit. We all would have been very happy with Sweet 16/Elite 8 at the beginning or the year so dammit we cannot lose to Iowa (nutpunched) and ruin this run.
Speaking it into existance, although that damn McCollum guy and winning worries me to be honest.
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Let’s go, Purdue…
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Purdue would love a rematch with Michigan in Indianapolis.
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Purdue would love a rematch with Michigan in Indianapolis.
Not looking good for that rematch at the moment.
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Yeaah, Arizona is just too much.
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Yeaah, Arizona is just too much.
I think we could take em but after I said “Michigan beats you” I put on my Illini cap and said “just like Luther Fucking Head”
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Purdue looked terrific in the 1st half. Thoroughly overmatched in the 2nd.
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Arizona is a problem.
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Arizona is a problem.
Agreed but I think that if either guard gets in trouble in any fashion, (especially Bradley) they can be had by a larger/bigger/talented team (we all know one).
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Arizona is a problem.
Definitely an oversized road block in big ten's path at achieving a title.
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Arizona is a problem.
Best team I've seen this year. I'm hoping for UCon and scUM but no use being too particular at this point.
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Best team I've seen this year. I'm hoping for UCon and scUM but no use being too particular at this point.
See I think michigan is the best team I've seen this year, with az a close 2nd that will be one hell of a matchup
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Rocky Top buttfucking.
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Rocky Top buttfucking.
Been there, done that, in two sports recently. Golden!
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I like the ILLINI chances better against UCONN, not gonna happen, but I also don't think we are overmatched against Duke to be honest.
Cayden Boozer will be checked by either Boswell or Andrej most of the game, both bigger than him in different ways. He is not very good at shooting the 3 either 29%.
Cam Boozer reminds me of Jabari Parker. I think he is far and away a better college player than he will be a pro. Either way, I like that we can match up Mirk, Ivisic, Humrichous, Big Z on him.
I would bet the gameplan would be to harass Cayden pretty much 3/4 court....his handle is suspect in traffic. Drive the ball with multiple people at Cam Boozer...fouls????
Isaiah Evans or Caleb Foster might be a wild card, but Wagler will be on them I think.
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Holy shit
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Early game Saturday
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Updated color coded support map
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Early game Saturday
Opening line Illini -2.5
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Opening line Illini -2.5
Thinking Illini+2.5
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Thinking Illini+2.5
Guess you’re betting UConn because as I said the opening line is Illinois -2.5
Aside from analysis of the teams (yes we lost to UConn but in that game petrovic had more minutes than Wagler) - this is gonna be a home game practically
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Guess you’re betting UConn because as I said the opening line is Illinois -2.5
Aside from analysis of the teams (yes we lost to UConn but in that game petrovic had more minutes than Wagler) - this is gonna be a home game practically
There is no way Illinois is favored
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Reverse Psychology worked perfect 30-0 Billboard Revenge Tour begins!!!
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Seeing it is Illinois -1.5. That's messed up
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Hmmm... Final Four or Frozen Four? One in Indy and the other in Vegas. I'll split the difference and stay put.
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Opening line Illini -2.5
Really. Wow. Did not expect that.
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There is no way Illinois is favored
Illinois is indeed favored. I'd expect that to be close to a pick em at tip off, though. Michigan is the betting favorite to win it all at the moment.
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Guess you’re betting UConn because as I said the opening line is Illinois -2.5
Aside from analysis of the teams (yes we lost to UConn but in that game petrovic had more minutes than Wagler) - this is gonna be a home game practically
Does that even matter we lost to a few shitty teams at home this year
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There is no way Illinois is favored
Wanna bet?
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Does that even matter we lost to a few shitty teams at home this year
And we beat some good ones.
I know this may shock you but while the line is Illinois -2.5, we will not win by exactly 2.5. Also sometimes the favorite doesn’t cover and sometimes they do.
This is why they call it “gambling”
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Wanna bet?
Giving UConn points is asinine
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Giving UConn points is asinine
I always knew you were a plant. Probably a Badger. Possibly a Buckeye
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We won every game in the tourney by double digits, UConn needed a huge comeback, a massive fuckup by Boozer, and a prayer. They almost blew a lead vs MSU and we dismantled Houston. Bettors will see that.
The first matchup vs UConn, which we got pantsed, was 50 miles from Storrs, not 100 miles from Champaign. Wagler played 14 minutes and had 3 points, Mirkovic 18 minutes Humrichous played 25, Petrovic 17, hell Brandon Lee played 11 minutes. We are a drastically different team.
They’ve increased Mullins minutes but otherwise the same team.
And people hate UConn, the Illini are a nice story. Wagler is a projected lottery pick.
It’s not a shocker Vegas set the line this way.
I’m optimistic but not like 1989 or 2005, those years I felt we’d win for sure, this year I think it’s a coin flip - but that’s probably impacted by fatalism more than analysis.
Whoever wins will be an underdog after the shows Az an SCUM put on this weekend, but I didn’t see Arizona as dominant as they are being talked up. Purdue gave them a run despite a very thin bench and TKR being in foul trouble then losing his cool. We are way better than Purdue.
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We won every game in the tourney by double digits, UConn needed a huge comeback, a massive fuckup by Boozer, and a prayer. They almost blew a lead vs MSU and we dismantled Houston. Bettors will see that.
The first matchup vs UConn, which we got pantsed, was 50 miles from Storrs, not 100 miles from Champaign. Wagler played 14 minutes and had 3 points, Mirkovic 18 minutes Humrichous played 25, Petrovic 17, hell Brandon Lee played 11 minutes. We are a drastically different team.
They’ve increased Mullins minutes but otherwise the same team.
And people hate UConn, the Illini are a nice story. Wagler is a projected lottery pick.
It’s not a shocker Vegas set the line this way.
I’m optimistic but not like 1989 or 2005, those years I felt we’d win for sure, this year I think it’s a coin flip - but that’s probably impacted by fatalism more than analysis.
Whoever wins will be an underdog after the shows Az an SCUM put on this weekend, but I didn’t see Arizona as dominant as they are being talked up. Purdue gave them a run despite a very thin bench and TKR being in foul trouble then losing his cool. We are way better than Purdue.
They played an, overall, tougher tournament schedule. Duke, MSU, UCLA, and Furman.
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Fwiw Torvik has us -2.9.
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They played an, overall, tougher tournament schedule. Duke, MSU, UCLA, and Furman.
Yes. And they definitely should have lost today and MSU almost took them out. Our first three games were over with 10 minutes left, and the Iowa game with 5.
Put money on UConn - go for it. Vegas just wants to balance the action. Illinois has a larger betting public and the squares saw us dominate and UConn get a miracle.
Who knows maybe the line will move
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FWIW line opened at 2.5 and has moved to 2/1.6
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Time for some more moneyline magic by me, it works every time
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Time for some more moneyline magic by me, it works every time
Why didn’t you put some on Arizona yesterday!
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Why didn’t you put some on Arizona yesterday!
Rather them play arizona than michigan tbh
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Once more into the fray
into the last good fight I will ever know
Live and Die on this day
Live and Die on this day.......
Bring it On C'mon ILLINI
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Rather them play arizona than michigan tbh
I meant before the Az/Purdue game
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I don't care who they play. Beat anyone. Win the damn thing.
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I don't care who they play. Beat anyone. Win the damn thing.
Bold plan, but I like it.
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Bold plan, but I like it.
That's how you have to be to be a champion. The whole "favorable draw" thing is over. Time to shove your cock in.
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That's how you have to be to be a champion. The whole "favorable draw" thing is over. Time to shove your cock in.
I like the cut of your jib
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I mean hell what does it matter anymore....
Michigan almost got beat by Penn F'ing State, followed that massive 2 pt win with a Wisky loss, later on loss to Duke, barely beat Iowa, MSU, Ohio St, Wisky and loss to Purdue to end the year. I mean yea their ballin out now but..........
Arizona beat Houston by 5 at the end of the year....struggled agains Utah St.., earlier loss to TT, right after a Kansas loss, I mean they aren't all that the media is crackin them up to be....
UCONN, needed a 17 come from behind hail mary to face us, lost to Marquette, Creighton, almost G-Town/Providence and Seton Hall.
I mean if anyone right now doesn't think the way the ILLINI are playing are capable of beating ANY or ALL of these teams with their defense rising to the top, then to hell with them. Underestimate us, undervalue us, bet against us. I honestly think BU and the staff are going to figure out a way for us to get our 1st Natty. Anything less will be bearable and an overachievement from what we all thought was possible at the start of the season......But F**K everyone else till they bleed Orange and Blue!!!
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UConn blew their load vs Duke. We are going to spank them.
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I mean hell what does it matter anymore....
Michigan almost got beat by Penn F'ing State, followed that massive 2 pt win with a Wisky loss, later on loss to Duke, barely beat Iowa, MSU, Ohio St, Wisky and loss to Purdue to end the year. I mean yea their ballin out now but..........
Arizona beat Houston by 5 at the end of the year....struggled agains Utah St.., earlier loss to TT, right after a Kansas loss, I mean they aren't all that the media is crackin them up to be....
UCONN, needed a 17 come from behind hail mary to face us, lost to Marquette, Creighton, almost G-Town/Providence and Seton Hall.
I mean if anyone right now doesn't think the way the ILLINI are playing are capable of beating ANY or ALL of these teams with their defense rising to the top, then to hell with them. Underestimate us, undervalue us, bet against us. I honestly think BU and the staff are going to figure out a way for us to get our 1st Natty. Anything less will be bearable and an overachievement from what we all thought was possible at the start of the season......But F**K everyone else till they bleed Orange and Blue!!!
I think you meant to add another “t” to the word but…
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I think you meant to add another “t” to the word but…
fair
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“Fuck everyone else until they bleed orange and blue” sounds like something from Jobu. I like it.
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More analytics for Jasn
https://x.com/nickbateman33/status/2038600127993061573?s=46