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Bradley in 2006
UNI in 2010
SIU in 2002, 2007
Missouri State 1999
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five times in the past 20 years even without Wichita State...
Bradley in 2006
UNI in 2010
SIU in 2002, 2007
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If anyone is interested in watching the Illini play tonight in the NIT-
The UNCG-Syracuse game, originally scheduled to be on ESPN2 at 6:00 PM (Central) was postponed because of the weather in New York. The Illinois-Valpo game, originally scheduled for 6:15 PM on ESPN2 was moved up to 6:00 PM and switched to ESPN.
NIT Games today (Tues. 3/14)-
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Illinois dominating the game. They have a big lead on Valpo early in the 2nd half-
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Illinois wins easily- Illinois 82 Valparaiso 57
The Illini advance to round 2 of the NIT and will play the winner of the Utah-Boise State game that is on ESPNU at 9:00 PM Central.Comment
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ISU has priced their tickets very reasonably at $15 for most lower bowl and $10 upper bowl....
They should be able to draw well... hope their students realize what they have and show up in masses.
If you recall, when we hosted a post-season games back in 2013 - we shot ourselves badly in the foot by pricing all seats literally out of the range of newer fans & families...
Even for a far lower caliber tourney (CBI) our admin started ticket prices at $20 each even for the worst end-zone seats - and them up from there but you had to be a season ticket holder to even qualify for a seat between the baselines!
In the end, they claimed the attendance was 1800 but anyone who was there will recall 3/4 of those seats were empty with the real attendance more like 400-500 and the media took off on the fan base (remember "putrid"?) instead of the admin who screwed it up so bad.Comment
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ISU wins 85-71
They will play University of Central Florida in Round 2.Comment
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Crowd was awesome last night. Not a huge crowd but really into it. There were no gaps in the lower bowl except for the student section. Even with no students on campus it was nice to see a good crowd. Amazing what happens when all the faculty don't use their tickets in the lower bowl. Also with the late start a lot of the blue hairs stayed away.Comment
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For a team with such a good season record, students or not, barely 5000 fans was a disgrace.What part of illegal don't you understand?Comment
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The lower bowl between the end lines was packed, but the end zones & upper bowl were sparse...
To me it looked like maybe there were more than 5100 but hard to see the entire arena on the broadcast..
Too bad the next opponent is similarly an unfamiliar one - but they do get a fairly familiar one in the next game after that but it's almost certainly be a road game..
I agree tho, the community needs to come out & give strong support...and I hope ours does, too when Bradley gets back to post-season play!Comment
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Picture in pjs this morning showed how empty the place was. I remember when BU got snubbed, the Fieldhouse was packed. Give us a winner again and guarantee there will be more than 5000 in attendance.Originally posted by tornado View PostWhat part of illegal don't you understand?Comment
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well, I won't knock their attendance when Glasser & Cross engineered this debacle...
a HOME post-season game that claimed an attendance of 1800 but really had no more than 400-500.
It was the game even Kirk Wessler ripped as "PUTRID" - "the smallest official BU home crowd in my 57-year-old memory"
(and he wasn't inclined to criticize much in the Glasser/Cross era - in fact he regularly called our worst play, worst coaching and worst players - "light years better" than what we had)Comment
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BU didn't have a season record back then even close to what isu had this season.Originally posted by tornado View PostWhat part of illegal don't you understand?Comment
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Illinois State raced out to an 18 point first half lead vs. University of Central Florida, and seemed in control, but UCF slowly chipped away at the lead and made it a close game the last few minutes. Then with about 1 1/2 minutes left, UCF took a 61-60 lead lead with 14 second left and UCF leading 61-60.
There was a crucial call with 14 seconds left and UCF leading 61-60. UCF inbounded the ball, and the UCF player tried to call a timeout. However, the official, instead of granting a timeout, called a jump ball as the ISU player reached around the UCF player with both hands from behind and tried to grab the ball. It lead to a change in possession, and allowed ISU to retake the lead 62-61.
But then as UCF player B.J. Taylor (leading scorer with 22 points) drove up the court in the final seconds, ISU guarded him closely, and a foul was called on ISU. He then sank 2 FTs to win the game for UCF 62-61.
I though both calls were questionable calls. What do others think? But ISU is eliminated and their season is over, and UCF moves on to host the winner of the Illinois-Boise State game.
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