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I'll be depressed most the season, starting tonight. From what I have seen the first two games I just don't think IU has it this year.
Wake at Illinois tonight...first time in about 25 years the Illini have hosted the #1 team. Should be a war, hopefully we can shoot like we did against Gonzaga. "Orange Krush" students have apparently been camping out overnight for this one.
Good win for the Badgers over my Terps last night.. It's tough to play in Madison and even tougher to play against that Bob Gansler style basketball up there in cheeseland.. Too bad Maryland's two best players decided to build a few brick houses (Gilchrist 2-14 and Caner-Medley 2-9 with 7 turnovers).. Hopefully we'll see you guys at the Big Dance in March..
Although MSU lost to Duke, it was a good game and they will be a force this year. It should be exciting and between Illinois, MSU and Wisconsin for the Big 10 title, with Iowa as the dark horse.
Iowa's off to a surprising start. They beat Louisville and Texas in Maui before UNC caught up with them. Alford seems to do extremely well in tournaments, but sometimes his teams suffer through the regular season. This team should beat some people, but will probably have a few letdowns.
should be a good one tonight i got in a near drag out with the head of orange krush a couple of years ago nice guy... seriously... we just differed on what they should be doing he rooms with a buddy of mine's little brother
21 point illini lead at the half c'mon illini gotta keep run and gunning... tough d, smarter fast break passing and don't always shoot before we get set for the board but seriously... keep it coming... 21 point lead and zero points from deron 54-33 at the half wow still... 20 minutes left to play, i expect wake to come back... but can they come back all the way??
up 30+ with a few minutes left to play... illini coasted after that to an 18 point lead... great game
so sad... Illini Basketball has become our only joy and hope in the land of Lincoln... whats really F'd up we destroyed Wake.. AND THEIR STILL #1... No respect brother.. no respect! is it just me or is the Big Ten the Rodney Dangerfield of college sports?
Illini beat a talented but inexperienced Arkansas team 72-60 today...considerably sloppier than their last two efforts, but this was a game a lot of people were worried about and to come away with a 12-point win is pretty good. Chicago State visits on Monday, and then at Georgetown on Thursday.
yeah.. I wasnt thinking when I posted that.I remeber one poll I saw Illini were #4 and then I saw espn had them #3 saturday.. so i was thinking the poll changed saturday..
coach's poll is out as well illini number one again damn this is going to be a fun year... i don't expect us to hold onto the entire time... but it should be fun trying to and trying to get back to that spot
Another solid road win for Illinois tonight, good to see us win without hitting a bunch of threes. Nice reverse alley-oop by Head too.
nice to see my Fighting Illini #1 again this week iowa (this pains me to say it) has a very good starting 5. if they make the NCAA tournament the Boy Wonder saves his job. the "Mike Davis Farewell Tour 2004-05" rolls into Columbia, MO to take on Quinny the Pooh. winner gets to keep his job for another week.
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