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Watched Eastern Illinois vs the Illini, although Eastern hung pretty close until midway through the 1st half...

Illinois size was just too much for the Panthers...

I hope we never get that officiating crew...They called 50 fouls...1.25 fouls a minute...Illinois went to the FT line 46 times :o 

For a small team, Eastern didn't shoot a lot of 3s...took only 12 and made 4...

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This is the only other game against a team ranked outside the top 300. So one more chance to fine tune things before the competition level increases.

There’s a good amount to work on from the first game, but the main thing I’ll be watching for is rebounding. Illinois absolutely dominated EIU on the boards, finishing with a +30 rebounding margin. I wouldn’t necessarily expect that big of a margin, but with our size we should be able thoroughly control the glass.

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7 hours ago, IUFLA said:

When: Sunday November 10th 12 PM EST

Where: Simon-Skjotd Assembly Hall, Bloomington, Indiana

TV: BTN+

Our old friend Marty Simmons (1-1 29-67 overall) brings his Eastern Illinois Panthers in for a meeting with our Hoosiers. Eastern Illinois was 14-18 last year, and 8-10 finishing 7th in the Ohio Valley Conference. The Panthers got waxed 112-61 by the Illini last Monday.

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Eastern Illinois is not very big, with their tallest starter Bolis, at 6'7. Former Sellersburg, Indiana star Kooper Jacobi had an off game versus the Illini, and though the Panthers had 5 players in double figures they got killed on the boards.

We're actually swapping opponents with Illinois, as the Illini play SIU Edwardsville tonight at 8 PM on Peacock.

When things get cold and depressing during the winter months it's great to I know I can always rely on a @IUFLA pre game writeup. Many thanks good sir!

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10 hours ago, IUFLA said:

When: Sunday November 10th 12 PM EST

Where: Simon-Skjotd Assembly Hall, Bloomington, Indiana

TV: BTN+

Our old friend Marty Simmons (1-1 29-67 overall) brings his Eastern Illinois Panthers in for a meeting with our Hoosiers. Eastern Illinois was 14-18 last year, and 8-10 finishing 7th in the Ohio Valley Conference. The Panthers got waxed 112-61 by the Illini last Monday.

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Eastern Illinois is not very big, with their tallest starter Bolis, at 6'7. Former Sellersburg, Indiana star Kooper Jacobi had an off game versus the Illini, and though the Panthers had 5 players in double figures they got killed on the boards.

We're actually swapping opponents with Illinois, as the Illini play SIU Edwardsville tonight at 8 PM on Peacock.

Jacobi was high school teammate of TKR.  The duo helped Silver Creek win two state championships that would have been 3 if nor for Covid.

I'll be rooting for him to do well on Sunday.  Honestly, he might be the nicest kid I've ever met.

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20 minutes ago, 5fouls said:

Jacobi was high school teammate of TKR.  The duo helped Silver Creek win two state championships that would have been 3 if nor for Covid.

I'll be rooting for him to do well on Sunday.  Honestly, he might be the nicest kid I've ever met.

This is very true

Good kid. I’ll be there to watch and cheer for him. In IU gear and pulling for IU. Hopefully Kooper has a good game

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3 minutes ago, NCHoosier32 said:

Any tricks to watch the game other than paying $13 for Big Ten Plus?

The last game was live on a YouTube channel. I’ll be looking for this when the game starts. 

there’s also usually a replay of the game on a random YouTube channel. 

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