at least according to the Chicago Sun Times. Big Ten tournament not lacking intrigue :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Colleges via kwout The difference being the the Illini players are expected to be available for play.
Archive of posts filed under the Illinois category.
Who will PSU play in the Big Tens?
No matter what happens on today, PSU goes into the record books with a seventh place finish. What’s still undecided is their tournament seed. If PSU beats Indiana on Sunday, they finish 7th alone and play Illinois (with the winner getting Indiana in the next round) If PSU loses and Michigan loses, then PSU and [...]
Game Prediction 03/08/08
Wisconsin has an opportunity to wrap up the sole possession of the Big Ten regular season championship by knocking off Northwestern in Evanston today. Wisconsin 73 Northwestern 54 Illinois 65 Minnesota 61
Game Prediction 03/06/08
Penn State has two ways to claim the seventh seed in the Big Ten tournament. One, would to beat Indiana on Sunday and that would give them a seventh place finish in the B10 all by their lonesome. The other would be to wind up in a four way tie with Illinois, Michigan, and Iowa [...]
Game Predictions 03/01/08
Tonight is senior night for Penn State and the rumor mill is that fallen star Geary Claxton will suit up and make a symbolic start. Supposedly an arrangement has been struck where Michigan will allow PSU to win the jump, the refs will call an immediate time out, and Claxton will be removed from the [...]
Game Predictions 02/24/08
Both the PSU men and women are on the road as THON takes over the Bryce Jordan Center. Penn State still has a shot at the sixth spot in the Big Ten which would give them a favorable seed, most likely against Northwestern, in the Big Ten tournament but a win over Minnesota today would [...]
Game Predictions 02/20/08
Two games that feature teams from the bottom of the conference against teams at the top. Ordinarily, one wouldn’t expect much from either but both these games could provide some interest. Penn State upset MSU two weeks ago in Happy Valley so there’s hope for the Nittany Lions. Illinois has continued to have a strong [...]
