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We have played and beaten teams better than Illinois. I’m not a believer in Brad Underwood and have watched enough Illinois basketball to see just how out of control and undisciplined they can be. If we can dictate pace and make them work for things on the offensive end, they will get frustrated. Hawkins is a loose canon too. I watched him lose a game at Penn State pretty much all on his own.
Can confirm on all of this.
I grew up south of the south suburbs and the only times I remember there being anyone cheering for Illinois was 2001 and 2005. Other than that, it was pro sports or Notre Dame.
Remember when Notre Dame's players said they were ready for Hoiball because they had played De Paul? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
I'd like to see Illinois players interviewed with that question regarding Otzleball just to see what they'd say. "Well we DID play the Hawkeyes, and they are one of the Big 10's premier defenses..."
Hey, all the Big10 analysts can talk about is having respect for State Farm Center Magic, baby!
Shannon hoping to get as much basketball in as he can before he goes to jail.
Agreed! I can see Illinois owning like a 7 point lead at half but us coming out the second half and just punching them in the throats and wearing them down. Then last 10 minutes taking control and winning by 10. My prediction 70-60 good guys
Some on that forum felt they played some pretty good defense against Duquesne. Torvik gave them a 98.2 adjD yesterday. For reference we had 6 games this year worse than that performance.
My family is almost entirely from downstate IL, I was born and grew up there til we moved to Cedar Rapids when I was in high school. There is literally NO Illinois fan presence in that state outside of a small bubble roughly covering Champaign-Urbana, Kankakee, Danville and Decatur. We are from the Galesburg-Peoria-Springfield area. Precious little Illini support there. Frankly, there are more EIU fans than Illini in Western Illinois. You see the gag-inducing HOKs logo all the time.
I have never lived in Illinois, but every time I have been there or talked to people from there, this is what I seen/heard.
It always has been to me that the fans in that state are all fans of teams outside that state. Indiana, Iowa, Purdue, ND, Kentucky etc.
Illinois has been to the tournament
Putting Kankakee in there is generous. That’s Notre Dame territory.
Putting Kankakee in there is generous. That’s Notre Dame territory.
And Purdue. Point being, there is some non-trivial Illini support in that area. Last I knew the local radio station was on the Illini sports network?
