March 8, 200917 yr Best Game I've ever been to in my life. That was just awesome. I can't wait for tomorrow even though my voice is already shot. Go You Redbirds! p.s. hopefully it doesn't end like last years tourney.
March 8, 200917 yr QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Mar 7, 2009 -> 07:05 PM) Best Game I've ever been to in my life. That was just awesome. I can't wait for tomorrow even though my voice is already shot. Go You Redbirds! p.s. hopefully it doesn't end like last years tourney. NIU is gonna try to slow the game down, Ill State needs to avoid forcing the issue, and play their silky smooth Bill Self flavored offense.
March 8, 200917 yr Just about ready to walk on over to the Scottrade Center. Wearing my red. Feelling good. Ready for some dancing. Go You Redbirds!
March 8, 200917 yr QUOTE (Jimbo's Drinker @ Mar 8, 2009 -> 01:03 AM) NIU is gonna try to slow the game down, Ill State needs to avoid forcing the issue, and play their silky smooth Bill Self flavored offense. I go to NIU, Illinois State is playing UNI today, lol. But yeah, I would agree and imagine today's game will be won by whoever can control the pace. I expect that team to be the Redbirds.
March 8, 200917 yr 19 points in the first half for ISU. I'm in awe at how much these non-Big Ten teams score. Osiris also looks like complete s*** right now offensively. And now everything is changing. Should be a fun one to watch. Edited March 8, 200917 yr by Felix
March 8, 200917 yr QUOTE (Felix @ Mar 8, 2009 -> 01:00 PM) 19 points in the first half for ISU. I'm in awe at how much these non-Big Ten teams score. Osiris also looks like complete s*** right now offensively. And now everything is changing. Should be a fun one to watch. The Valley is a low scoring league and a down league this year to boot, so I don't get the bolded. Big Ten teams inability to score is still going to get them in the NCAA Tournament. As for the topic at hand, this game is getting interesting as your last sentence points out. Illinois State is imposing the tempo, as opposed to the first half in which Northern Iowa did a great job of making this a boring, abomination of a basketball game. The UNI lead is down to 1. Edited March 8, 200917 yr by whitesoxfan101
March 8, 200917 yr QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Mar 8, 2009 -> 02:12 PM) The Valley is a low scoring league and a down league this year to boot, so I don't get the bolded. One of the various ISU fanboys brought up two of Illinois's low scoring games as a knock on them being the best team in Illinois earlier this year. Because of this, I simply assumed ISU scored 200 points a game. ISU has really played some good defense so far in the second half though.
March 8, 200917 yr QUOTE (Felix @ Mar 8, 2009 -> 02:31 PM) Osiris has basically decided to take over it seems. he can do that, the kid has some serious skills
March 8, 200917 yr And the announcers are idiots for calling that a smart play by Sampay when he kicked the ball up. He had a wide open layup, and when you are only up 1 possession you take the points.
March 8, 200917 yr It would have been nice if I could watch the end of it. Did they really need to switch to Duke/UNC? God forbid we miss 2 minutes of it.
March 8, 200917 yr wow, what a game. heartbreaking for ISU but this is why March Madness is so great.
March 8, 200917 yr That was a pretty good game. Osiris dominated for awhile, but NIU still was able to pull it out.
March 8, 200917 yr QUOTE (chimpy2121 @ Mar 8, 2009 -> 03:10 PM) It would have been nice if I could watch the end of it. Did they really need to switch to Duke/UNC? God forbid we miss 2 minutes of it. They switched it to Duke/UNC in Tally? They didnt switch it here in Orlando. That is weird.
March 8, 200917 yr QUOTE (zenryan @ Mar 8, 2009 -> 04:15 PM) They switched it to Duke/UNC in Tally? They didnt switch it here in Orlando. That is weird. Yeah, I was flipping back and forth between the FSU game and this one. When ours ended, I flipped back for good and Duke/UNC was on.
March 8, 200917 yr QUOTE (Heads22 @ Mar 8, 2009 -> 02:59 PM) I f***ing hate UNI. Don't hate us because we're better at football AND basketball compared to Iowa State, haha. Sure UNI lost to ISU in overtime but they've improved a lot over the course of the season. Come on, represent the state, haha. I root for Iowa, Iowa State, UNI, and Drake in playoff/bowl games. Edited March 8, 200917 yr by WilliamTell
March 8, 200917 yr Choke. That really sucked. Osiris was the best player out there this weekend. It was a good time and wish it hadn't ended that way. The entire student section thought the shot at the end of regulation had gone in. It was crazy.
March 9, 200917 yr I knew ISU would have a letdown and be a victime to NIU's boring offense. Sorry dudes, back to cheering for my alma mater.
March 9, 200917 yr QUOTE (Jimbo's Drinker @ Mar 8, 2009 -> 08:06 PM) I knew ISU would have a letdown and be a victime to NIU's boring offense. Sorry dudes, back to cheering for my alma mater. It was fun while it lasted. Go Kansas.
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