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Game Day Essentials: Game #29 vs Illinois


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Nebraska Cornhuskers (13-15) vs Illinois Fighting Illini (18-11)


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Date: Wednesday, Mar 4th, 2015
Time: 9:00 p.m. CST
Arena: State Farm Center


Broadcast Information

Television: BTN

Online: BTN2GO

Announcers: Eric Collins and Shon Morris


Satellite Radio: Sirius (Ch. 135); XM (195)
Play-by-play: Kent Pavelka
Expert Analysis: Matt Davison

Illinois Scouting Thread

Illinois Info
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Head Coach: John Groce
Location: Champaign-Urbana, IL
Conference: B1G 10
Nickname: Fighting Illini
Last time out: Beat Northwestern
Typical Rotation Depth: 7-8 players
Opening Line: Illinois by 7
Fun 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 Skinny
This 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 55

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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 --- SWEEPbroom.gifthe Illini!!!

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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.

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