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  • #25 Illinois @ Iowa 12-29 Mens NCAA Basketball

    # 25 Illinois comes limping in to Iowa City to take on the Hawkeyes.

    This game has had Illinois Coach worried for weeks playing Iowa, 2 weeks ago the Coach said looking at the next few games coming up I am most worried about the Iowa game and opening up the big 10 season play. This was well before the meltdown vs UIC (a BAD BAD LOSS) and a defeat by Missouri.

    I think two things are gonna happen here, Illinois is going to be rusty and will play down to the level of team they play. That is what makes this game a potential ambush for Illinois. Iowa is not a good team but they are at home and the rivalry is huge between schools, not alot of love here from any side towards each other.

    This is will be a close scoring game, more to follow.....

    I would Love for WOODEE12 to talk to me about Iowa in this thread, I dont know much about them other than they aint that good. But they are good at home...

  • #2
    Pomeroy has Illinois as a 61% chance of winning with a Score 66-64

    That sounds about right to me.

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    • #3
      I see this game as a close one too. I think Illinois will be favored by about 5 coming in kind of like the Michigan-Purdue game tonight. Illinois definitley has the talent but can they put it together?

      If Iowa oushes the tempo and can hit the 3's then we have a ball game, but if not, they cannot hang with the big guys of Illinois.

      Iowa has a decent PG but he is very inconsistent and that may be a match-up problem for Iowa.

      Honestly, I think with ILL coming off the loses and Iowa's struggles, illinois should cover anything 5 or less.

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      • #4
        I am starting to pick up a early line of -4 Illinois

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        • #5
          I can see Illini winning by 9 or more. Iowa is not a good team, plus the kids are out of school. They should roll similar to what Purdue did to Michigan this afternoon. As a matter of fact, Michigan's RPI was 92 and Strength of Schedule was 197, Iowa's RPI is 177 and SOS is 187.

          Illinois is too talented to not cover the 4.

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          • #6
            After seeing the Purdue game yesterday and what they did to Michigan on the road, i think Illinois wins and covers this one pretty easily. I may play them on the ML with someone else just in case. High % on Illinios too and the line is moving a bit...probaby 5 by gametime.

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            • #7
              Got to roll with Illinois on this game, if they cant get up vs Iowa after 2 bad loses they better start planning a trip back to the NIT

              ILLINOIS 74
              Iowa 66

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              • #8
                ILLINOIS rolls 87-77 at Iowa, up next WISKY

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