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Tennessee State @ Illinois
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BradleyBrave
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Illinois loses 60-58. At least we aren't as bad as they are.
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VromanFan
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Wow. TSU's others wins so far have come against Alaska-Fairbanks, Eastern Illinois, and something called Cumberland University.
The cupcake home scheduling can backfire.
The cupcake home scheduling can backfire.
BradleyBrave
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Misery sure loves company. Welcome aboard Illinois! Who'da thunk ISU would be far and away the best team in the state of Illinois to start 2008?
jasonpeoria911
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Well least we can use the excuse that all 4 home teams of the MVC lost this week and Illinois lost to probably a 250+ RPI team at home LOL. Not to mention, #6 Pitt just lost there top 2 guards for virtually the season in back to back games. Lost there first one today by 25 points, doubt they'll be ranked after another game or 2. Been a mighty weird week in college basketball. Wonder if this is shaping up to be like College basketball this season.
Jason
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VromanFan
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A down down year so far for Illinois D1 schools. How would you rank them this far? Off the top of my head: ISU, U of I, SIU, UIC, BU, ugg and it just gets even worse after that.
BradleyBrave
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Well, if BU was 100% healthy I would say
1. BU
2. ISU
3. SIU
4. UIUC
5. UIC
But, we're not, and have yet to really adjust to Ruffin's absence, so I would say
1. ISU
2. SIU
3. UIUC
4. UIC
5. BU
I don't really care about anyone after that. On a side note - DePaul is probably the most talented team out of any team in the state, and look how bad they are. Doesn't say much for what Wainwright is doing up there.
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VromanFan
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Yep. I kind of meant who's the best as of right now...considering the season's play thus far. UIC is actually putting together a decent season.
This is Wainwright's 3rd year right? When does his seat get warm? Seems like a pretty big mess up there...
Since that is the Top 5 consider how bad the rest is....in no particular order- DePaul, NU, the other directionals, Chicago St., Loyola, all are real real bad...
chitown fanatic
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Eastern takes the awful cake with its sub 300 RPI
MacabreMob
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Couple nice things here.
1) At least my schadenfreude Illini fans won't be stopping in to rub the UNI loss in my face tomorrow at work.
(and dang... I had to run into one today while shopping and neither of us knew this outcome... so he drove the fork in pretty good.... I'm looking for a phone number right now)
2) UIUC and EIU have something in common.
1) At least my schadenfreude Illini fans won't be stopping in to rub the UNI loss in my face tomorrow at work.
(and dang... I had to run into one today while shopping and neither of us knew this outcome... so he drove the fork in pretty good.... I'm looking for a phone number right now)
2) UIUC and EIU have something in common.
MacabreMob
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I know Randle got hurt in the 1st 1/2 when it was close and then Tn St had a large 1/2 time lead... Randle did not return. I wish him the best.
I have always said 2 things can wreck a season: "Injuries and Felonies". (felonies being off the court issues resulting in many things, chemistry, suspensions, NCAA sanctions, etc)
UIUC has gotten a fair share of theirs.
I have always said 2 things can wreck a season: "Injuries and Felonies". (felonies being off the court issues resulting in many things, chemistry, suspensions, NCAA sanctions, etc)
UIUC has gotten a fair share of theirs.
Well, if you actually want to be objective about it, here's Pomeroy's rankings BEFORE today's games (so obviously Illinois will drop):
27) Illinois
58) Illinois State
89) Southern Illinois
118) Illinois Chicago
130) Bradley
Knowing how Pomeroy's rankings work, I'd bet that Illinois will drop into the 40s tomorrow, so it's a bit of a stretch to say that ISU is clearly the best team in the state right now. It's an incredibly embarrassing loss for Illinois (probably one of the worst in school history), but let's not get carried away.
MacabreMob
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I know the RPI doesn't mean anything.... but UIUC was 71 according to JPalm before the loss (he updates early morning the next day usually) and RealTimeRPI has UIUC dropping to 118. That's a pretty hard hit IMO. But this IS a BCS/B10 team, so I am sure a couple marquee wins in conference play will boost them back up and have them off the bubble.
Which now reminds me... where is the Asian Sensation to give us his "signature" -POP- ? Guess UIUC's bubble hasn't burst... guess a bubble can't burst if you are never on the bubble cause you are always in.
Which now reminds me... where is the Asian Sensation to give us his "signature" -POP- ? Guess UIUC's bubble hasn't burst... guess a bubble can't burst if you are never on the bubble cause you are always in.
bert notorius
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The Illini's future looks pretty bright to me.
BradleyBrave
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I am not disagreeing with you...but some folks (who are telling me this from Pasadena) are really concerned that some of the '09 verbals are going to jump ship. I told him that if I was a recruit, and saw how much the guards were struggling I would be giddy to go to an place like Illinois, because I would play immediately in the Big 10 for a very good coach. I guess time will tell.
Are you referring to something said here? I re-read all the posts and I don't see anything remotely close to what I would call vacuous hate.