The Deuce: Illinois and Arizona meeting in the elite 8, in Chicago again. OH MY!*

Illini vs. Alabama pre-game discussion thread - JFG November 17, 2025, 10:19:00

I’m starting to think our game might be delayed a few minutes* - shua Yesterday, 19:58:51
- 8:15/9:15 start* - shua Yesterday, 20:01:54
- Game start times, why even have them* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 20:00:22
Paul Szelc, D.J. Carstensen, Jeb Hartness * - jdl Yesterday, 19:37:17
Tickets seem to have moved through aside from 3rd deck end zones * - assassin Yesterday, 17:15:58
is Tomi playing tonight?* - Tooldresser Yesterday, 17:06:26
- He was dressed for warmups and moving pretty well* - bjl63 Yesterday, 20:03:30
- stories of his demise were greatly exaggerated - OrangeSox Yesterday, 17:39:15
  - Like they kept saying, it’s not season ending :)* - shua Yesterday, 18:21:42
  - 85/15!* - snipes824 Yesterday, 18:21:13
- ooo - jdl Yesterday, 17:12:27
  - But weirdly the line has moved towards Bama* - Blazer Yesterday, 18:57:15
    - Assume the line already had Tomi baked into it.* - voiceofreason Yesterday, 19:23:27
      - Rumor is Latrell Sprewell will suit up* - opossum jenkins Yesterday, 19:35:35
  - Woot!* - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 18:01:50
  - Eff around and have a triple double* - opossum jenkins Yesterday, 17:44:53
    - Ice Cube would be so proud* - illinilosch Yesterday, 18:12:59
  - He is risen* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 17:27:42
  - nice* - Tooldresser Yesterday, 17:15:26
  - hott* - AintHatin Yesterday, 17:13:07
I assume CBS Sports latest bracketology sim hasn't been discussed? - tvillini Yesterday, 15:27:39
- Beat Bethune-Cookman/Little Rock!* - bbonb Yesterday, 16:30:28
- RIP Jerry Palm * - jdl Yesterday, 16:25:24
  - you are misinformed. palmbrackets.com* - Poldark Yesterday, 16:56:31
- I don't like that blurb about IU improving.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 16:13:14
  - Good in football and basketball at the same time? Groce* - WhitmansFolly Yesterday, 17:55:10
  - I don't like IU. (FIFY)* - osklister Yesterday, 17:44:45
- Win tonight... then we talk.* - uofi1998 Yesterday, 15:42:28
  - Yep. I think we’re pretty good at full strength. But 1 seed is aggressive* - opossum jenkins Yesterday, 16:55:45
    - I think this team has that high water mark... but yeah, we are still a mash unit right now.* - uofi1998 Yesterday, 17:12:29
- 2-4 stacked with blue bloods, sounds about right * - meanjeans Yesterday, 15:40:17
- Illinois and Arizona meeting in the elite 8, in Chicago again. OH MY!* - voiceofreason Yesterday, 15:32:52
- And if we get the Midwest 1 seed......that's the StL/Chi/Indy trifecta. - Illiniphil Yesterday, 15:32:14
- Boioioioing indeed * - jjlocke923 Yesterday, 15:29:14
6 posts in the Illinois-Bama thread on the bama 247 board - illini21 Yesterday, 14:47:18
- I can see why they aren't confident. IL basketball is all the rage right now. Lot of good press* - jjlocke923 Yesterday, 14:55:45
- I'm excited, but I'm nervous. I'm not sure I'd be confident either. Cautiously optimistic - OWWDig Yesterday, 14:53:48
An Arizona/UConn and Alabama/Illinois doubleheader is way more interesting and has better teams - GMAW Yesterday, 10:55:55
- This year on the whole, absolutely. - Chicago1995 Yesterday, 12:34:39
- But Bluebloods! - bjl63 Yesterday, 11:17:44
sleepers love the team...and the boost of I-L-L fan views* - Nobster Yesterday, 10:14:04
- Should be some fun moments with those guys this season. - JFG Yesterday, 10:25:45
If Tomi can even go for a bit tonight, I think we’ll win. - JFG Yesterday, 8:46:21
- I love the thought of trying to figure out whose minutes Petrovic gets* - jjlocke923 Yesterday, 8:57:52
  - If Tomi and Petro are good, we've seen the last of Jake and Ben? * - LovetheChief Yesterday, 9:23:59
    - Nah, Ben is going to be part of the 4 man "big" rotation - jdl Yesterday, 11:18:37
      - Petro still has a massive question on if he can defend, so - assassin Yesterday, 12:06:40
        
        I think he's going to be a Curbelo-esque change of pace guy - jdl Yesterday, 14:55:30
    - I like that we really don't have anyone that will be shorted playing time and decide to transfer... - shua Yesterday, 10:13:15
    - perhaps Davis, but Ben is gonna still get minutes - Gene Parmesan Yesterday, 9:29:43
      - He's tall, he rebounds, and he makes open threes - GMAW Yesterday, 10:51:07
        
        Ben has been contributing in more ways than 3s this year* - Tooldresser Yesterday, 11:01:23
        
        Sometimes he makes open threes. * - harb Yesterday, 10:51:48
        
        On a rate basis, Tomi makes 1 more three per 100 attempts than Ben - GMAW Yesterday, 10:54:16
        
        having just looked at his game log - Gene Parmesan Yesterday, 11:07:49
        
        Tomi was 7-35 from 3 in our B1G losses* - GMAW Yesterday, 12:01:13
        
        And Ben was 11-50* - Blazer Yesterday, 12:09:12
        
        Better percentage than Tomi! - GMAW Yesterday, 12:10:53
        
        No arguments there - Blazer Yesterday, 15:43:53
        
        I'm not suggesting at all that Tomi and Ben are equivalent players - GMAW Yesterday, 17:19:57
        
        Northwestern 1-9* - Blazer Yesterday, 11:58:19
        
        I think it’s because Ben’s seem more to come in bunches, whereas Tomi’s seem less like that? - JFG Yesterday, 11:05:35
        
        I also feel like Ben misses every "big shot" - ISeeDeadHawkeyes Yesterday, 11:14:56
        
        That’s why I posted “sometimes”. It always seems like he misses that “big” shot. * - harb Yesterday, 15:12:23
        
        He had one rim out recently - bjl63 Yesterday, 11:22:34
        
        I think it's more because Ben is a stretch 4, so we somehow expect him to make every shot - GMAW Yesterday, 11:09:47
        
        There's certainly something to that - Blazer Yesterday, 12:02:29
        
        Can we talk about Tomi's 3 pt % being ass in conference play?* - gvibes Yesterday, 12:06:06
        
        Sure, he wasn't great either - Blazer Yesterday, 12:12:50
        
        All the “he’s this year’s Dalton Knecht!” nonsense from Fanta didn’t help - Ron McDon Yesterday, 11:32:28
        
        Yeah, anyone who believed that was a moran - jdl Yesterday, 12:07:52
        
        He also shot 41% at Evansville, so that set the bar before he arrived. * - assassin Yesterday, 11:15:01
      - I haven't been mad at Ben this year. - JFG Yesterday, 9:48:33
Favored by 3.5 tomorrow, interesting.* - voiceofreason November 18, 2025, 15:09:29
- I'm surprised it isn't more, tbh. KP has us by 6* - GMAW Yesterday, 9:43:58
  - KP wouldn't take into account Tomi being out right?* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 10:08:22
    - Right, it's a statistical model, not really a game prediction - jdl Yesterday, 10:47:38
    - I think it would, as Tomi has only played one game* - gvibes Yesterday, 10:30:17
      - as far as performances sure. but aren't those models still like 70%+ preseason projections still? - John Coctostan Yesterday, 10:49:17
- KenPom isn’t enamored with Bama* - CWR10 November 18, 2025, 15:40:03
  - I wondered about this. Surprising since they beat St Johns and hung with Purdue.* - voiceofreason November 18, 2025, 16:16:56
    - Just on straight numbers, losing to Purdue at home by 7 is about a #35 performance in kenpom - meanjeans Yesterday, 11:45:43
    - Started #23 and have moved up to #20 - jdl November 18, 2025, 16:25:29
- Doesn’t surprise me. My grizzle says we lose but I expected us to be slight favorites* - OB25 November 18, 2025, 15:39:11
- *aye yo WTF meme* (nm) - opossum jenkins November 18, 2025, 15:13:48
Women’s team hit 67 at the field trip game today - digs November 18, 2025, 13:53:37
- I think it was Kendall Bostic who said this was the loudest game every year - biclops November 18, 2025, 15:56:38
- i don't get it, but i absolutely love seeing that many kids go bonkers for it* - lcubed November 18, 2025, 14:36:33
  - seems like a harmless thing that gets kids excited so whatever* - ECEIllinois November 18, 2025, 15:34:54
  - this is reaching Macarena levels* - Sammich November 18, 2025, 14:38:03
    - Which, incedentally, is back apparently* - assassin November 18, 2025, 16:20:18
      - In pog form - IlliniSax05 November 18, 2025, 16:24:17
Rothstein interview - jdl November 18, 2025, 11:23:07
- With every game, every interview, every article, I become more convinced that we're winning it all* - jjlocke923 November 18, 2025, 14:15:37
  - Quick question...do you like all pedophiles/sexual assaulters, or only some of them?* - JFG November 18, 2025, 14:35:38
    - Can we not do this here please * - biclops November 18, 2025, 15:44:41
      - Cosign * - jjlocke923 November 18, 2025, 19:01:17
      - I like this as a general rule going forward for sports threads - ISeeDeadHawkeyes November 18, 2025, 16:01:01
        
        Please* - illini21 November 18, 2025, 19:07:41
        
        It’s a basketball-related question, I swear.* - JFG November 18, 2025, 17:12:54
        
        It’s almost as if we once had to create an off topic board for this very reason - Blazer November 18, 2025, 17:05:06
        
        Seconded.* - voiceofreason November 18, 2025, 16:18:08
    - None, as far as i know* - jjlocke923 November 18, 2025, 14:50:56
- Brad is so funny. Doesn’t give the local media anything but will tell rothstein everything - snipes824 November 18, 2025, 12:12:59
  - Isn’t that an agent thing? - opossum jenkins November 18, 2025, 15:24:49
  - I'd have a lot of contempt for local media as well if I had to repeatedly answer some of the - Blazer November 18, 2025, 13:49:04
    - It's crazy to me how Buchson is still employed after all these years - jayd November 18, 2025, 14:58:59
    - Some of the questions are so dumb and very clearly to get a quote for something they want to write. - JFG November 18, 2025, 14:33:30
      - 100%. I think Werner has really figured this out over the years - Blazer November 18, 2025, 14:38:21
        
        Yeah Werner is a professional. Buschon, Wagner, and Richey are painful - snipes824 November 18, 2025, 14:59:32
        
        If the question ends with “What does that say about this team?”, come up with a new one* - OB25 November 18, 2025, 14:42:54
        
        They obviously have to get quotes to create content, but it's so lazy. - JFG November 18, 2025, 14:47:18
  - This was disclosed on his radio show last night - Dilbert November 18, 2025, 12:14:59
    - Ok so maybe he’s just opening up about it more now - snipes824 November 18, 2025, 12:17:39
Same as any game against Alabama when the quality of teams is within a reasonable range… - OB25 November 17, 2025, 20:18:47
Roll call: I’ll be there with a big group* - Carl Spackler November 17, 2025, 19:17:43
- I'm bringing the yutes Parmesan* - Gene Parmesan November 17, 2025, 23:03:30
  - the pecorinos?* - Sounder November 18, 2025, 11:38:59
  - Just so freaking late* - gvibes November 17, 2025, 23:15:23
    - yeah, definitely not ideal getting home around 11 - Gene Parmesan November 18, 2025, 10:10:03
    - Well, UConn gets the 7:00 pm local start. - osklister November 18, 2025, 9:45:07
- Same and same * - biclops November 17, 2025, 20:59:09
- I’ll be there* - bjl63 November 17, 2025, 20:32:02
- Me and Dilly* - reggiedunlop November 17, 2025, 20:23:59
  - Confirmed* - Dilbert November 17, 2025, 20:33:09
  - And CIB* - reggiedunlop November 17, 2025, 20:24:09
I’d like to go to the Final Four this year* - opossum jenkins November 17, 2025, 19:12:56
- so say we all* - biclops November 17, 2025, 19:17:10
Mirkovic B1G FOTW (again) - biclops November 17, 2025, 18:14:07
Cool blurb in the Athletic - Jersey November 17, 2025, 13:22:00
- Classic SkinsHoops86 content * - biclops November 17, 2025, 16:23:20
Anybody going to be grabbing drinks before hand?* - IlliniJuice07 November 17, 2025, 12:57:56
- I may perhaps wet my whistle * - biclops November 17, 2025, 16:24:02
- yes* - Poldark November 17, 2025, 13:47:15
- Almost assuredly* - uofi1998 November 17, 2025, 12:59:04
Wrong time to play them... as deep as we are, it's crazy how injured we are. - uofi1998 November 17, 2025, 12:48:51
- Purdue skull fucked them in the glass. I expect we do the same* - Mrap24 November 17, 2025, 13:02:35
  - I enjoy a good skull fucking.* - uofi1998 November 17, 2025, 13:27:37
    - giving not receiving - ibdoc November 17, 2025, 13:34:38
      - Usually...* - uofi1998 November 17, 2025, 15:09:03
      - Don’t judge.* - DocWalk20 November 17, 2025, 13:51:01
        
        Judy. * - osklister November 17, 2025, 13:53:22
I think we beat them at full strength - illini November 17, 2025, 12:34:06
- They did a really good job of spacing and ball movement against Purdue. - Chicago1995 November 17, 2025, 13:37:49
- kinda where i'm at. either way, super happy to have these early season matchups and see where - John Coctostan November 17, 2025, 13:19:35
Up to #8 in the AP* - Blazer November 17, 2025, 12:07:45
From my early viewing, one of our key differentiators this year is going to be our 40 minutes - snipes824 November 17, 2025, 10:37:28
Alabama looked pretty good (and big) from what I saw against Purdue. - Warrin'_Illini November 17, 2025, 10:25:04
- If Illinois doesn't get too sped up, I think they'll be fine. - Chicago1995 November 17, 2025, 13:42:13
- Really wish I could have seen that game, but I have YouTube TV. - JFG November 17, 2025, 10:39:52

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