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Illinois hits the road cross country to play the Oregon
Ducks in Portland.... The Illini fresh off a win at home
vs Georgetown, look to play their 8th game in 17 days....
Illinois opens a 2.5 chalk the line has moved to 2.0
with the O/U at 137..
The site of play considered neutral, Oregon is 7-0 all
time in Portland....
This game has it all.....Fatigue...revenge....respect .....
and National TV.....
A LOOK AT OREGON
4-2 record....last two games were losses, a loss to
Vandy on the road and a 14 point loss last saturday
to Georgetown at Home.... Winning games against
RICE,PACIFIC,BOWIE STATE and lets not forget
SAVANNAH STATE.
Oregon is well rested since saturday and they believe that
they have fixed the problems inside with rebounding...
2 really good players, Aaron Banks and Malik Harriston
will drive the offense for this team....
Oregon was out rebounded last game by Georgetown
37-20 (In comparison Illinois out rebounded GT by
25-18 (I believe this to be true dont quote me on that)
When you analyze the numbers for Oregon in all
categorys the numbers are very skewed because of the
82-23 early season victory over savannah State
ILLINOIS
16-3 on the road under Coach Bruce Weber.....
Illinois inside game against Oregon will not be stopped
Mr Augustine will have a field day down low, Illinois
has a Definite advantage Inside......
DEFENSE
Illinois is holding opponents to 41 % from the floor
in shooting and no team has scored more than 65
points in any game. 6 of the last 9 opponents
have scored under 60 points......
What is more impressive is the Defense in the
second Half of the game....With the exception of GTOWN
which was held to 13 first half points last night,
opponents are being held to 28 points second half points.
Illinois will play both ends of the floor, and I think
this will be to much for Oregon to contend with....
MY FINAL THOUGHT
FATIGUE
A major concern.....a rough cross country trip in an Illinois BLIZZARD
8 games in 17 days..... This is a well conditioned team and
I will give the fatigue factor a 5 on the 10 point scale
HOW TO HANDLE OREGON
Illinois will throw Randle on Harriston the big question
is when will randle pick up his third foul....
Look for Illinois to pound it inside and force
the foul and the boards.......
Illinois Defense will be just to much for Oregon
to contend with for 40 minutes.....
The PAC 10 seems to be way down this year
and I just dont see Oregon being that good of a team
after careful review....
MY SELECTION
My numbers show Illinois by 3
Illinois tired, beaten and feeling their Oats will not lose
at Oregon on Saturday
I love the UNDER in this game at 137 (DEFENSE)
And the 2.0 we will give up as a chalk
ILLINOIS -2.0 and the UNDER at 137
Good Luck to all
Carpet
Semper Fi
Ducks in Portland.... The Illini fresh off a win at home
vs Georgetown, look to play their 8th game in 17 days....
Illinois opens a 2.5 chalk the line has moved to 2.0
with the O/U at 137..
The site of play considered neutral, Oregon is 7-0 all
time in Portland....
This game has it all.....Fatigue...revenge....respect .....
and National TV.....
A LOOK AT OREGON
4-2 record....last two games were losses, a loss to
Vandy on the road and a 14 point loss last saturday
to Georgetown at Home.... Winning games against
RICE,PACIFIC,BOWIE STATE and lets not forget
SAVANNAH STATE.
Oregon is well rested since saturday and they believe that
they have fixed the problems inside with rebounding...
2 really good players, Aaron Banks and Malik Harriston
will drive the offense for this team....
Oregon was out rebounded last game by Georgetown
37-20 (In comparison Illinois out rebounded GT by
25-18 (I believe this to be true dont quote me on that)
When you analyze the numbers for Oregon in all
categorys the numbers are very skewed because of the
82-23 early season victory over savannah State
ILLINOIS
16-3 on the road under Coach Bruce Weber.....
Illinois inside game against Oregon will not be stopped
Mr Augustine will have a field day down low, Illinois
has a Definite advantage Inside......
DEFENSE
Illinois is holding opponents to 41 % from the floor
in shooting and no team has scored more than 65
points in any game. 6 of the last 9 opponents
have scored under 60 points......
What is more impressive is the Defense in the
second Half of the game....With the exception of GTOWN
which was held to 13 first half points last night,
opponents are being held to 28 points second half points.
Illinois will play both ends of the floor, and I think
this will be to much for Oregon to contend with....
MY FINAL THOUGHT
FATIGUE
A major concern.....a rough cross country trip in an Illinois BLIZZARD
8 games in 17 days..... This is a well conditioned team and
I will give the fatigue factor a 5 on the 10 point scale
HOW TO HANDLE OREGON
Illinois will throw Randle on Harriston the big question
is when will randle pick up his third foul....
Look for Illinois to pound it inside and force
the foul and the boards.......
Illinois Defense will be just to much for Oregon
to contend with for 40 minutes.....
The PAC 10 seems to be way down this year
and I just dont see Oregon being that good of a team
after careful review....
MY SELECTION
My numbers show Illinois by 3
Illinois tired, beaten and feeling their Oats will not lose
at Oregon on Saturday
I love the UNDER in this game at 137 (DEFENSE)
And the 2.0 we will give up as a chalk
ILLINOIS -2.0 and the UNDER at 137
Good Luck to all
Carpet
Semper Fi
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