milehiiu Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 Biggest key to the game, for me..... is how IU handles the press. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 Forget Senior night. Q: Is this the biggest game of the season for IU ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 1 minute ago, Steubenhoosier said: So, the incentives are for us, to keep having a chance to go dancing, and for the Illini, so the coach can pocket another 15 large. For us, it is a Race Thompson to the finish, but it won't be Dam ezi. Hopefully, we want it Mor gan the Illini, that we get inside for a lot of Al jam i's and the Illini go Rome-O for 2 against the Hoosiers this season. This post alone should pun ish the Whinin Otters. 😁 If the do change their names, will their arena go from The State Farm Center, to The OtterBox? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 17 minutes ago, Muckraker said: Sounds like "Ma and Pa Kettle Math". 😀 I had to do a double take.......it looked like Meth!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muckraker Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 36 minutes ago, rico said: I had to do a double take.......it looked like Meth!!!! You can understand their math if you are on meth! 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 2 minutes ago, Muckraker said: You can understand their math if you are on meth! 😀 The Kettle thing threw me for a loop. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cohete15 Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 1 hour ago, milehiiu said: Forget Senior night. Q: Is this the biggest game of the season for IU ? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchieBall13 Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 1 hour ago, milehiiu said: Forget Senior night. Q: Is this the biggest game of the season for IU ? Yes, crunch time is now. Our next four games are huge. Win or bust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FKIM01 Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 Hope I'm wrong, but I'm predicting chants of N-I-T! N-I-T! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 UI 73 IU 68 With all the talk of who needs to lose for us to get in I feel like that will be put to rest tonight with a loss. I hope I am wrong but UI pressure defense worries me and it seems like we have struggled at UI even with good teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 Interesting tweet from Devonte on Gameday. 2 hours ago basically he said don't speak on a situation you know nothing about. Seems focused on the game. Haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parakeet Jones Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 2 minutes ago, Seeking6 said: Interesting tweet from Devonte on Gameday. 2 hours ago basically he said don't speak on a situation you know nothing about. Seems focused on the game. Haha. He's obviously referring to all the speculation on where Keion Brooks Jr will be playing next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbmhoosier Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 3 hours ago, milehiiu said: Biggest key to the game, for me..... is how IU handles the press. Our guards will get hacked a lot. The key is will they be called or is there a lot of home cooking? And do we make our FTs if we get the calls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosierhoopster Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 3 minutes ago, dbmhoosier said: Our guards will get hacked a lot. The key is will they be called or is there a lot of home cooking? And do we make our FTs if we get the calls? Definitely going to have to play through/ overcome a lot of BS. Goes with the territory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BGleas Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 3 hours ago, milehiiu said: Forget Senior night. Q: Is this the biggest game of the season for IU ? I was actually thinking, is this the biggest game for IU since the Round of 32 game vs. Kentucky in 2016? You could say the Sweet Sixteen vs. UNC, but I never really thought we had a chance in that one. Granted even if IU wins tonight they still have to win Sunday and in the BTT, but all of that is irrelevant without this tough one on the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zlinedavid Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 1 hour ago, FKIM01 said: Hope I'm wrong, but I'm predicting chants of N-I-T! N-I-T! Better than their postseason prospects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FKIM01 Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 30 minutes ago, Zlinedavid said: Better than their postseason prospects. Absolutely...but you know they'd enjoy spoiling it for IU on senior night. Just ticks me off that the coach gets a $15,000 bounty for winning a game against a bubble team during a very poor season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muckraker Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 We'll win! Illinois is our Super Bowl! 😁😁😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milehiiu Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 Well, here we go again, after reading a few of the Illini fan boards. A lot of talk about how IU went into a dive for the better part of the conference season. And how IU is playing much better lately........ and no mention of the ton of injuries while IU went into the tank. Much less the reason for better play, now that IU is playing with a full compliment of players. It's as if ,it is by some magical reason as to why IU is playing better ball now. Many think the game will swing on how well they defend against Morgan and Langford. Two guys that basically have played despite the injuries to others. Some think De'Ron and Green are the x-factors. Not one mention of what Smith did the last couple of times out. And no mention of Rob P. Clueless. I hope Underwood makes the same mistake Izzo did against Smith, and his game plan is to lay off of Smith. Also, no smugness on the part of Illini fans. It seems they are genuinely concerned about Thursday's game with IU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 This seems like an odd thing to focus on for a game but it helped vs Sparty on Saturday. I'm looking to see how we finish at the rim. Justin, Romeo, Juwan, De'ron....even though our free throw shooting has improved I'd be shooting for the and 1 vs 2 freebies. No matter the talent..... games are always tight over there. Expecting the same. I do expect them to put a couple of senior night type runs together so if they hit back to back 3's I wouldn't mind Archie doing a quick timeout like he did vs Sparty when it was 9-2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxnJxn Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 33 minutes ago, milehiiu said: I hope Underwood makes the same mistake Izzo did against Smith, and his game plan is to lay off of Smith. I don't know if I'm hoping for that or not. It was nice to see Justin hit some outside shots, but that really seemed like an anomaly, and my concern is that he'll fall in love with that shot and not stay within his game. Hey, if he takes them and hits them, great, but I don't think one game is enough to say that he's suddenly a threat from deep, especially when he's been pretty bad from there outside of one game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchieBall13 Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 Just now, AxnJxn said: I don't know if I'm hoping for that or not. It was nice to see Justin hit some outside shots, but that really seemed like an anomaly, and my concern is that he'll fall in love with that shot and not stay within his game. Hey, if he takes them and hits them, great, but I don't think one game is enough to say that he's suddenly a threat from deep, especially when he's been pretty bad from there outside of one game. Agreed, I'm ok with him trying an open one or two if it's within the rhythm of the offense, but I'm concerned he falls in love with the jumper and doesn't focus on what he's best at. If he hits an early one, keep shooting, but if not get back to cutting to the basket asap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbmhoosier Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 1 hour ago, Hoosierhoopster said: Definitely going to have to play through/ overcome a lot of BS. Goes with the territory. It is but Rob, Romeo, and Al must be ready. 2 freshman and a sophomore could have massive problems with their pressure. I think it will come down to FTs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgambill Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 Rebounding, free throws, and turnovers....could say this about any game but if we win those categories I don’t see us losing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zlinedavid Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 8 minutes ago, dgambill said: Rebounding, free throws, and turnovers....could say this about any game but if we win those categories I don’t see us losing. Do those things well and you'll at least make 95% of games competitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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