we rebounded 7 of our 11 misses in the first half*
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Per Brad's PC yesterday:
Southern is an older team.
Southern will be picked to win their conference.
Southern will throw a bunch of different defensive looks out there.
Southern has one really good scorer and a good big guy.
Brad was very happy with our effort vs. Mizzou and we've had some good practices since.
As far as numbers go, Southern is #288 in the NET, so this is clearly a Q4 game for us at home. We are a 31 point favorite. Southern is 0-4 in Q1 games, 0-1 in Q2 teams, and 0-2 in Q3 games. Apparently they took Washington to overtime back in mid-November.
This is the first of a 3 game Q4/Q3 stretch vs. Southern, Penn State, and Rutgers. We need to win all three of these games to set us up for the next Q1 game at Iowa. Will be interesting to see if Brad uses this game to get guys like Lee, Petrovic, and Jakstys going a bit more, or if his rotation is pretty set with the bigger roles for Davis and Humm-Daddy. We shall see.
Very honestly curious to see how many people are there today. I snagged tickets to this game weeks ago because all my kids would be home from school and they were dirt cheap (the tickets, not the kids). 2pm on a Monday is a weird time...lol.
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 Illini Basketball vs. Southern Pre-Game and Game Thread (2pm on BTN) - JFG Yesterday, 9:07:40
- Couple interesting scores out of the state of Michigan - OB25 Yesterday, 19:17:59
- We’ve outscored our buy game opponents 585-376 - biclops Yesterday, 17:13:57
- Broken nose confirmed for Zvonimir * - biclops Yesterday, 16:48:45
- Underwood’s voice sounds great. 2 games in 16 days with a combined margin of +78 - meanjeans Yesterday, 16:03:16
- Moved up to 8 in kenpom* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 16:01:31
- 2nd half margin was only 14 - timmer Yesterday, 15:58:56
- Davis now at 42% from three on the season * - meanjeans Yesterday, 15:58:19
- Nice close to preserve the cover* - assassin Yesterday, 15:57:48
- bleeding kenpom points here * - jdl Yesterday, 15:55:20
- Need to get my guy Big Jakysts more minutes. Also Brandon "The Crow" Lee.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 15:42:58
- Z seems much better about not jumping at every pump fake* - Blazer Yesterday, 15:30:13
- we rebounded 7 of our 11 misses in the first half* - Orangeillini Yesterday, 15:00:47
- We are 94.1% likely to win this game, per yahoo.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 14:55:43
- Second half triple double watch for Wagler* - Blazer Yesterday, 14:48:47
- Bank is open on Monday * - jdl Yesterday, 14:45:59
- This Wagler kid, man* - opossum jenkins Yesterday, 14:30:33
- You can see why it’s hard to find a role for Petrovic - OB25 Yesterday, 14:20:12
- I think Petro may just stink* - Blazer Yesterday, 14:18:53
- Did Z hurt his nose in the miznoz game? What's up with the mask?
 - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 14:17:01
- Boswell back in the bench* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 14:14:14
- we've already reached the slop fest portion of this game* - OrangeSox Yesterday, 14:11:55
- What happened with o Boswell? No replay here* - biclops Yesterday, 14:11:31
- That didn’t look great, he didn’t land on a foot or anything.* - OB25 Yesterday, 14:11:19
- Gimpy Boz * - jdl Yesterday, 14:10:23
- Great crowd. For some reason, long lines getting in. Maybe everyone arrived late.* - Philo Yesterday, 14:01:44
- The replacement band is….struggling.* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 13:54:35
- Who is on the call?* - biclops Yesterday, 13:35:02
- I thought your game time was a typo until I checked. Why the afternoon game on a weekday?* - voiceofreason Yesterday, 11:27:35
- Noticed on kenpom this morning that our tempo / poss per 40 min is 68.1, which is #225 nationally - meanjeans Yesterday, 9:57:06
- We better smash the SHIT out of them.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 9:13:30
- Weather won't help attendance, either. - Illiniphil Yesterday, 9:11:31
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