hhcmatt Posted March 4, 2015 Report Posted March 4, 2015 Nebraska Cornhuskers (13-15) vs Illinois Fighting Illini (18-11) Date: Wednesday, Mar 4th, 2015Time: 9:00 p.m. CSTArena: State Farm CenterBroadcast Information Television: BTN Online: BTN2GO Announcers: Eric Collins and Shon Morris Satellite Radio: Sirius (Ch. 135); XM (195)Play-by-play: Kent PavelkaExpert Analysis: Matt DavisonIllinois Scouting Thread Illinois InfoHead Coach: John GroceLocation: Champaign-Urbana, ILConference: B1G 10Nickname: Fighting IlliniLast time out: Beat NorthwesternTypical Rotation Depth: 7-8 playersOpening Line: Illinois by 7Fun Fact : Due to cramming the women's tourney into this weekend instead of next, Thursday games are pushed to Wednesday making this a 9pm game. The SkinnyThis is senior night for a NCAA bubble Illini team that can't afford another sub-100 RPI loss. Despite the 9pm start expect a highly motivated crowd and team. It's possible that Illinois comes out tight but odds are we see at least a competent shooting Illini team. If they're hitting from 3 this game will get ugly.After completely shutting down Illinois in January the Huskers have gone 3-9 and struggled to score. Illinois hasn't given up over 60 points at home since January so expect the grind to continue. What exactly have the Huskers been working on during the last week? This might be a lost season in some regards but there is still an outside shot at the NIT and the upcoming B1G tournament looming in the near future. Can we field a team of players motivated to play the type of defense needed to win this or any other future games? Are we going to end the season on a nine game skid? At this point in the season you're trying to find positives. Who is going to provide them?Prediction: Illinois 71 - Nebraska 55Click here to view the article atskooc 1 Quote
Red Don Posted March 5, 2015 Report Posted March 5, 2015 What We NEED To WIN ------ Avery to Plan our Offense!!!! (We WON that Game!) Our Best (ok, ok, only) Chance to get a Road Win before the season ends vs Maryland @ Home. We Beat Illinois in January and can do it again if the Players Step-Up --- SWEEPthe Illini!!! ________________________________________________________________________________________ Probable Starters Nebraska 2014-15 stats No. Name * Pos Yr. Ht. Wt. G/GS PPG RPG Other 2 David Rivers F Sr 6-7 200 27/22 4.2 4.0 0.7 Apg 5 Terran Petteway G Jr 6-6 215 28/28 18.0 4.9 2.9 Apg 11 Tarin Smith G Fr 6-2 175 28/3 4.6 1.7 0.6 Apg Leslee to Start, not Tarin 31 Shavon Shields G/F Jr 6-7 221 28/28 14.9 5.9 2.1 Apg 35 Walter Pitchford F Jr 6-10 237 28/26 7.5 4.8 0.5 Bpg Injured, did not go to Illinois! Bench 0 Tai Webster G So 6-4 199 27/4 4.0 1.9 1.1 Apg 3 Benny Parker G Jr 5-9 172 28/22 4.5 2.3 1.8 Apg Benny Parker to Start! 21 Leslee Smith F Sr 6-8 255 14/6 2.9 2.3 51.4% FG 23 Nick Fuller F RFr 6-7 207 15/1 2.3 1.3 0.3 Apg Illinois 2014-15 stats No. Name * Pos Yr. Ht. Wt. G/GS PPG RPG Other 3 Ahmad Starks G Sr 5-9 170 29/17 8.2 1.7 2.3 Apg 21 Malcolm Hill G So 6-6 230 29/29 14.3 5.0 0.9 Spg 24 Rayvonte Rice G Sr 6-4 230 20/16 16.3 6.6 1.9 Spg 25 Kendrick Nunn G So 6-3 190 29/20 11.4 3.3 1.3 Spg 32 Nnanna Egwu F/C Sr 6-11 250 29/29 6.6 5.7 1.8 Bpg Bench 1 Jaylon Tate G So 6-3 170 28/?? 3.7 1.4 3.1 Apg Player to Watch: Senior guard Rayvonte Rice (#24) has missed 9 games due to injury & suspension. He led Illinois with 19 points in the win vs Northwestern and added seven rebounds. Quote
RailyardBum Posted March 5, 2015 Report Posted March 5, 2015 I have a source that said Walter Pitchford did not travel Quote
atskooc Posted March 5, 2015 Report Posted March 5, 2015 Hip flexor. I suspect this means Fuller may get more time. Quote
Red Don Posted March 5, 2015 Report Posted March 5, 2015 No Walter Pitchford for Tonight's game @ Illinois (and Leslee Smith ailing with swollen Knee) Quote
HuskerFever Posted March 5, 2015 Report Posted March 5, 2015 I have a source that said Walter Pitchford did not travel The refs are still going to call it hhcmatt and Silverbacked1 2 Quote
Bugeaters1 Posted March 5, 2015 Report Posted March 5, 2015 I have a source that said Walter Pitchford did not travel So do I it's called twitter Quote
hhcmatt Posted March 5, 2015 Author Report Posted March 5, 2015 With Egwu playing I could see Moses drawing a start Quote
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