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UConn vs Illinois (Final Four)

bendm said:

UConn v Zona
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28/44 Uconn - two guys have us winning it. Will be curious to see if the line moves at all. With you that I think we should win this one and then it's really gravy, but do like the dynamic of the winner of the second game squeezing the last drop and thinking the NC a walk in park on short rest.
BFieldHusky said:
Gary Parrish was salivating over Illinois margin of victory in the tournament vs UConns the other day, and using it as a reason why he liked Illinois. Shouldn't who you've played so far be in consideration when evaluating that.
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GP consistently has some of the dumbest takes out there. He likes to think he's a math savant of some sort and regularly tries to convince himself of a choice based on some random data, like that. The fact he's taking Illinois would be in our favor - he is always wrong. Took Purdue to beat us.

Best way to break down a game like this is matchups of players and styles and coaches. That's it. It's not a past game, at all. It's not even how they did against opponents in the tourney. Look at this player for player, understand where the mismatches are and which coach is smart enough to take advantage of them consistently in the game.
 
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HooperScooper said:
All 6 CBS Sports college basketball writers pick Illinois. Good.

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O.K. this is funny. Norlander and Parrish both picked Illinois straight up in that article. Yesterday they did a show (below) where they both picked UConn. Norlander at 4:45 of the video posted below picks UConn to win 76-73 and Parrish at 9:45 picks UConn. Wtf? Are they just trying to hedge their bets so they can say they were right? So ridiculous they do that.

 
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We do need something out of Reibe just a couple of rebounds and pts that's it, make your fts that of course goes for everybody.
 
Matchups are important, but they can be overstated. It can lead you to believe Duke will kill us because Karaban can’t stop Boozer, or that Flory Bidunga will “eat up” Eric Reibe. Even if matchups look bad individually, they don’t tell the whole story. Teams adjust.
 
jibsey said:
You think this has any effect on our team or game outcome? If things don’t go well I don’t want to hear that as an excuse, but I’m sure we will.
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Yeah. Tickets for Monday will be super cheap.
 
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storrsroars said:
Just to give a status update... expecting winds in the 10-20mph today and Sunday, with occasional rain. New flag is in the mail, but this is a critical 60 hours for the few threads holding this thing together.

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Really? Why post this? And why hang it up?

Honestly, if we lived near each other, I'd give you mine.
 
Could see where our "motion " players like AK/BM/Ross can wear down their defenders like Mirkovic(forwards/wings) trying to fight through picks/screens in our sets and due to their off ball activity. Would open things up in second half as they start to wear down and/or get into foul trouble and hopefully effect their efficiency in their team's offensive flow.
 
Inyatkin said:
Matchups are important, but they can be overstated. It can lead you to believe Duke will kill us because Karaban can’t stop Boozer, or that Flory Bidunga will “eat up” Eric Reibe. Even if matchups look bad individually, they don’t tell the whole story. Teams adjust.
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Duke was killing us because Karaban couldn’t stop Boozer lol
 
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Iluvsuebird said:
I don’t get that. They were a different team? Why? Did they have any injuries? Did they have two players coming back from injury like we did? They talk about their freshman kid being a different player. He started in every one of the games prior to our game. Whereas we had Mullins playing what, 12 minutes? And who can say that Bear is playing at the same level now than he did in November? They missed some open 3’s, but so did we. I will die on this hill. UConn by 15.
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DOOMED!!!
 
HooperScooper said:
O.K. this is funny. Norlander and Parrish both picked Illinois straight up in that article. Yesterday they did a show (below) where they both picked UConn. Norlander at 4:45 of the video posted below picks UConn to win 76-73 and Parrish at 9:45 picks UConn. Wtf? Are they just trying to hedge their bets so they can say they were right? So ridiculous they do that.

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They both go into politics recently?
 
Deepster said:
Wow. I am so intimidated right now.

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Dude, I was feeling good until I saw that. Now I have no idea how we will compete, much less win.

I'm actually in the corner of my bedroom crying. Thanks man, thanks for ruining my weekend and scaring me and my children.
 
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champs99and04 said:
But I can tell you that this going to be as close to a literal home game for Illinois as you can get.
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Purdue, Indiana University, University of Louisville, and University of Cincinnati are all literally closer to Lucas Oil Stadium than University of Illinois. Chicagoland is even further from Indy than Champaign-Urbana. It's a convenient enough regional day trip, but hardly what you've claimed.
 
Was always gonna be like that at least the Illinois contingent from not so far away.

Ultimately if 0.5% beats 75% tickets for the final get super cheap!
Then if 4.5% beats 20% they should redo this for a UConn Arizona tilt as a rematch and 95% of them will not stay.
 
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