Illinois -1.5 pts vs Michigan State
Illinois opens as a 1.5pt home favorite vs Michigan State
Prime time baby 8 pm central on ESPN
The ESPN bus is on campus as ESPN host College Game Day
in Illinois for this game. A Big game for Illinois.
A Look at this game from the floor.
State comes in to this game a twice wounded bear, a severe
beat down (wake up call maybe) vs Wisky last game, and a second
bullet with the Injury of Kalin Lucas.
Losing Lucas is a huge blow if he cant play and I know that high ankle
sprains are impossible to play through even if he laces them up.
Lucas means 30 Min's of solid play, 16 pts a game and can hit from
any where with good average. When Lucas went down with his injury
in the Wisconsin game in the second half you could see the air being
let out of this team. It was very obvious his loss is big.
Lets look at some Stats regarding this match up
The over/under is 139 points......The Under is 7-1 last 8 games head to head at Illinois.
At home the Illini average 79 pts a game while the sparties are putting up 69 pts a game on the road for the season.
When I look at the last 5 games stats which is a good predictor on how teams are playing in real time. I see State hitting only 29% from 3 point land, and Illinois at 38%.
Tom Izzos squad curshes the boards for rebounds and hold a dominant 41% to 30% edge over Illinois in the Offensive rebound area.
Coach Weber is well aware of the dominance State has inside and is going to force the issue down low with every big he can find.
This game is going to be a WAR.
I see a low scoring Defensive battle in the corn fields in the
middle of winter.
The Illini are starting to really come together as a team and if they play 40 minutes of basketball this game would be a walk in the park.
I Like Illinois to win this game by 3
Illinois opens as a 1.5pt home favorite vs Michigan State
Prime time baby 8 pm central on ESPN
The ESPN bus is on campus as ESPN host College Game Day
in Illinois for this game. A Big game for Illinois.
A Look at this game from the floor.
State comes in to this game a twice wounded bear, a severe
beat down (wake up call maybe) vs Wisky last game, and a second
bullet with the Injury of Kalin Lucas.
Losing Lucas is a huge blow if he cant play and I know that high ankle
sprains are impossible to play through even if he laces them up.
Lucas means 30 Min's of solid play, 16 pts a game and can hit from
any where with good average. When Lucas went down with his injury
in the Wisconsin game in the second half you could see the air being
let out of this team. It was very obvious his loss is big.
Lets look at some Stats regarding this match up
The over/under is 139 points......The Under is 7-1 last 8 games head to head at Illinois.
At home the Illini average 79 pts a game while the sparties are putting up 69 pts a game on the road for the season.
When I look at the last 5 games stats which is a good predictor on how teams are playing in real time. I see State hitting only 29% from 3 point land, and Illinois at 38%.
Tom Izzos squad curshes the boards for rebounds and hold a dominant 41% to 30% edge over Illinois in the Offensive rebound area.
Coach Weber is well aware of the dominance State has inside and is going to force the issue down low with every big he can find.
This game is going to be a WAR.
I see a low scoring Defensive battle in the corn fields in the
middle of winter.
The Illini are starting to really come together as a team and if they play 40 minutes of basketball this game would be a walk in the park.
I Like Illinois to win this game by 3
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