*****Official B1G In Season Thread*****
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It's gotta be rough being an Iowa fan. Continuously dunked on every step of the way.
Assuming we can avoid disaster against PSU tonight, I would very much enjoy beating the living shit out of Iowa on Sunday. That is all. 
Please don't fvck up tonight. Want that 10 seedAssuming we can avoid disaster against PSU tonight, I would very much enjoy beating the living shit out of Iowa on Sunday. That is all.
I'll be about done if we can't put away PSU at home, lol ... will speak to a total lack of focus with so much on the line. Illinois is kind of flying under the radar in this respect, but we were a 3-seed in the Committee's preview they released, and since then we have played 3 Quad 1 games and gone 2-1 in them. It's overshadowed by our drop in the polls from losing to OSU at home, but we are still absolutely in 3-seed territory and a BTT run could flirt with a 2. If we aren't focused, I'll move on mentally to silly season.
Worst thing about being in this cluster **** in the middle of the conference is I don’t know when I need to try and take work off.
On a real note, I would love to see just about every program here that gets into the Tournament go on an absolute tear, as long as it doesn't affect Illinois. Last year must be corrected, lol. And YES, that includes poor Mr. Fran.
Haha, I know ... SO much is in the air for the BTT right now. I'll be in San Diego for a bachelor party (so on PST), and the difference between Illinois playing at like 8:30 am local time or in the afternoon local time is kind of huge for planning out the day! I'll be there with some Iowa fans, so I low-key hope that Illinois and Iowa meet in the BTT again so everyone will be on the same page of wanting to watch.
The (very small) silver lining of losing the B1G and being locked into the 2/3 seeds is I know Purdue will play Friday night instead of Friday day.
Depends on the bracket obviously, but I think over. I think we get 4 Illinois, Wisconsin, Purdue and Ohio State/Rutgers
I'd probably take over. Id bet 3 teams make it.
Tough call. I'll say the over with three. Two of the top three and one surprise like an tOSU or Rutgers.
Also, took IL to win the B10 tourney @ +350.
I think PU wins the B10 tourney.
When one accounts for an absolutely abysmal stretch under Groce and the rebuilding Underwood years where we went 3-6 overall and lost in the First Round a ton, Illinois has done absurdly well in the BTT for some reason. We probably have the third best overall "home court" advantage from site to site after Indiana and Purdue, considering it is usually in Indy or Chicago.
I like your style of always tempering expectations for your own team, but I feel fairly optimistic about us. We historically perform well there, and I think we will FINALLY be totally healthy going into that stretch. Not saying we'll win it, necessarily, but I like our odds vs. any other one team in the field this year.
Hopefully more than last year when the rest of you guys shit the bed. We’ll take this year off.
You might not have a choice.
But yes, Michigan carried the league last year, and it's time for others to step up.
You might not have a choice.
Win one of these next two and we are in IMO. Everyone is a Michigan fan tonight. Even @hawkit3113 unless he’s a fake Big Ten fan
Vegas has them as the clear favorite. I just liked IL's odds.
I want to lose to PU one more time. Beating Illinois 4x would be difficult, and I'd rather take that W in the NCAAT.
Don't ask me how I know, but 4x is not impossible.
I think the 2000-2001 Duke team beat Maryland 4 times. Fvck those ***s
Some assholes beat us 4x in 2000. Last one was in the final four, but still.
That NC game's on the 'U' right now. Damn I forgot how much talent was in this between 'Zona & Duke!?
Battier, Boozer, Jay Williams, Dunleavy---> 3 of those guys played in the League forever, & of course the 4th would have if not for injury.
Arenas, Richard Jefferson & of course Mike f'ing Madsen. Lol. Guy 'd go on to win multiple Championships w/ the Lakers, carrying on in a similar role to what he played at UA, haha..., iirc a goon/enforcer type.
In classic Illini fashion I will blame the refs ... but holy SHIT did Illinois get hosed in the Elite Eight vs. Arizona that year, lol. We had already split 1-1 in the regular season, and during that game the fouls were 36-23 in favor of Arizona, with SIX Illini players fouling out. It was made a bit more infamous because Lute Olson like publicly declared he thought Big Ten teams mugged each other and he was worried about making sure the refs called enough fouls on Illinois' defense, and it was absolutely unbearable because Bill Walton called the game and his son was on Arizona, lmao. Lost by six.
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