I feel like illinois owns us in basketball but at the having ben makes me think we can do a
so it looks like illinois
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illinois is total kryptonite...ugh
Yep, if this team could get on a neutral court then we'll probably just start clubbing teams unmercifully from the tip.I’d rather play them…
Hawks are in the South Region final and the other game that night will be the West Region final.
Got to think they'll play the South Region first and West last.
We hung tough in IC, but yeah they have owned us over the years…but would rather take our chances with the tall Euro boys…
Here's hoping ILL wins, but HOU fights back to force OT ... and then a bunch more OTs!
9 or 10 OTs would be sufficient
Hawks are gonna need to be as hot from distance as they were tonight - or even more so - and fight like hell on the boards to have any shot at beating ILL on Saturday.
This NCAA tournament is quickly turning back into the Big 10 tournament..
Yep. But I love that we are confident right now, playing fearless, because we "aren't supposed to be here".
Boy will be ready for a FIGHT!
We've locked up the South region for B1G to the final 4.
If those clowns in the other 3 regions can get their sh*t together. An all B1G final 4 would be crazy
Much better for us than Houston, in my honest opinion. Hopefully, McCollum can cook something up.
Houston struggling to score as many points as Nebraska had in one half. Look like a bunch of third graders shooting the ball.
Illinois is another winnable game to make it to the FINAL FOUR! Unreal.
Illinois fans getting a little nervous...
No matter what, ALL THE PRESSURE will be on Illinois on Saturday.
They were supposed to be in the Elite8 this season - or at least had a super great shot at it - and Iowa was just supposed to make the Dance and maybe get 1 win.
Hawks have been playing with a huge stack of house money ever since last Thursday night.
They were supposed to be in the Elite8 this season - or at least had a super great shot at it - and Iowa was just supposed to make the Dance and maybe get 1 win.
Hawks have been playing with a huge stack of house money ever since last Thursday night.
Sounds like the thought process against FL. But we shot like **** and still won. Feels like a team of density. Let’s go!
Illinois floppy haired guard is a real problem.
Big Ten might get 5 teams in the elite 8.
Recall we outscored them 45 40 in the 2nd half in the last game. More importantly AF had 8 pts...so close to the magic #.
It's a winnable game baby!
Is that good? It seems good.
Dammit I hate Illinois. I suppose all 5 Illini fans in Moline will be in full gear tomorrow.
Just gonna make beating them, to win the South and go to Indianapolis next weekend, all that much sweeter on Saturday!!
Imagine this potentially possible scenario for the Hawks over the next 11 days .....
vs NEB, Sweet16 - W
vs ILL, Elite8
vs MSU, Final4
vs Michigan or Iowa St, title game
Revenge Tour all the way through to winning it all, baby!!!!!!!!!!!!
vs NEB, Sweet16 - W
vs ILL, Elite8
vs MSU, Final4
vs Michigan or Iowa St, title game
Revenge Tour all the way through to winning it all, baby!!!!!!!!!!!!
Iowa would not be in it this late in this late in the Big 10 tournament.
We’ve got a puncher’s chance. Actually I’m liking our chances. This team is peaking at exactly the right time, and Ben is doing a masterful job.
Yeah but see..........f*** Illinois.
lol you beat me to it!! first thing I thought of when I read that post!!
Anywho.................GO HAWKS!!!!
I was thinking that this morning...I have no hate for Nebraska Basketball, but being in the QC I have decades long loathing of Illinois Basketball. Can't stand them.
It’s true. I thought about this last night and remember posting it a few years ago during Frans time at Iowa. The BIG has typically been a big man dominated league. Every good team typically had a banger that was the focal point of other teams defenses. And the BIG was just a freaking grind with teams banging on each other, which it still is but maybe not quite as much as it had been. Come NCAA time, it’s a guard oriented tournament, and that’s why I think the BIG had struggled to make noise in prior years. Now every BIG team left has stud guards. I think that’s part of why Iowa is having success now in the tourney, our guards are playing great and it isn’t as much of a necessity having a stud big man. A guy like Cam is actually really good for these types of games, excellent defender that doesn’t even care to score, just does the dirty work.
Hawks are due for a win over Illinois.
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