Big day for games.

Purdue vs. Old Dominion should be a good one. PU is getting Hammons back and ODU was a really good club at the end of last year.
Belmont at Evansville Bradds looking really good so far./ UE is rounding out as a good club
UNC Asheville at Texas A&M should be a nice match up
Chattanooga vs. Illinois Illini looking to bounce back after a close loss.
Bryant, Toledo, Kent all playing today.





Furman at Connecticut 12:00 PM
UNF at Louisville 12:00 PM
Purdue vs. Old Dominion
(at Uncasville, CT) 12:00 PM
UMES at Wofford Live Video 12:00 PM
Stony Brook at Western Kentucky 1:00 PM
Kentucky St. at IUPUI 1:00 PM
Belmont at Evansville 1:30 PM
North Carolina at Northern Iowa Panther Sports 2:00 PM
William & Mary at Dayton 2:00 PM
Central Penn at Liberty 2:00 PM
UMass Lowell at Notre Dame 2:00 PM
Fairleigh Dickinson at Fordham Live Video 2:00 PM
Piedmont International at Coastal Carolina Live Video 2:00 PM
South Carolina St. at Eastern Kentucky Live Video 2:00 PM
Maine at Wagner Live Video 2:00 PM
Monmouth at Drexel Live Video 2:00 PM
Florida vs. St. Joseph's
(at Uncasville, CT) 2:30 PM
Penn at Washington National and Washington RSN only 3:00 PM
Emporia St. at Wichita St. 3:00 PM
Trinity International at Chicago St. Live Video 3:00 PM
Cornell at Canisius 3:15 PM
Little Rock at San Diego St. 4:00 PM
Lafayette at NJIT 4:00 PM
UNC Asheville at Texas A&M 4:00 PM
Prairie View A&M vs. Radford
(at Smithfield, RI) Live Video 4:00 PM
Norfolk St. vs. Ohio
(at St. Thomas, VI) Live Video 4:00 PM
Morgan St. at Campbell Live Video 4:00 PM
Niagara vs. Vermont
(at Uncasville, CT) 5:00 PM
Toledo at Loyola (Chicago) 5:00 PM
Oregon St. at UC Santa Barbara Live Video 5:00 PM
Oral Roberts at James Madison Live Video 5:00 PM
San Diego at CS Fullerton Live Video 6:00 PM
Florida St. vs. DePaul
(at St. Thomas, VI) Live Video 6:30 PM
Brown at Providence RSN Affiliates 7:00 PM
Boston U. at USF 7:00 PM
Elon at Syracuse 7:00 PM
Houston Baptist at Illinois St. 7:00 PM
UNC Greensboro at UCF 7:00 PM
VMI at Virginia Tech 7:00 PM
Youngstown St. at Florida Gulf Coast 7:00 PM
Morehead St. at Northern Kentucky 7:00 PM
Loyola (MD) at St. Bonaventure Live Video 7:00 PM
Oneonta at Albany Live Video 7:00 PM
UMBC at Northern Colorado Live Video 7:00 PM
Marist at Kent St. Live Video 7:00 PM
Western Michigan at UNC Wilmington Live Video 7:00 PM
American at St. Francis (PA) Live Video 7:00 PM
Siena at Bryant Live Video 7:00 PM
The Citadel at Presbyterian Live Video 7:00 PM
Western Carolina at High Point Live Video 7:00 PM
Kennesaw St. at Samford Live Video 7:00 PM
Buffalo vs. North Carolina A&T
(at Uncasville, CT) 7:30 PM
TAMU Corpus Christi at Texas 8:00 PM
St. Francis (NY) at Saint Louis 8:00 PM
UMKC at Drake 8:00 PM
Florida A&M at Houston 8:00 PM
Western Illinois at Eastern Illinois Live Video 8:00 PM
Middle Tennessee at Tennessee St. Live Video 8:00 PM
Chattanooga vs. Illinois
(at Springfield, IL) 8:30 PM
Mississippi Valley St. at New Mexico St. 9:00 PM
Mount St. Mary's at Gonzaga
RSN Affiliates 9:00 PM
UTSA at Southern Utah Live Video 9:00 PM
Nevada at Pacific 10:00 PM
UC Riverside at San Francisco 10:00 PM
Linfield at Idaho Live Video 10:00 PM
New Mexico at USC National and Los Angeles RSN only 10:30 PM

been a good day of hoops....still able to catch Mich St getting the win in Clbs

Illinois getting whacked in Springfield. Chattanooga looks awful good, So Con may have a nice rep there.

FGCU beats Youngstown St. 104-101 in 3 overtimes.

we went up a bit on Kenpom today. Little help along the way.

Illini laid a big one. JG seems snakebit when it comes to the injury bug. looks like Frankenroster out there with walk on pg starting.

North Carolina loses AT the UNIdome
Bryant drops to 2 and 2
Buffs roll and Miami upset by Fl Atlantic
Kent won while NIU beat up on tiny Eureka (reagan's alma mater)
Norella FGCU had 34 while Evan Bradds put up 28

Toledo dropped to Loyola...surprised by that one.

TSU lost to MTSU by 3, had a chance to win but couldn't hang on late. Middle is usually decent.

I wonder what Groce's contract looks like because I got to imagine he could be on the hot seat This year if things don't pickup in a big way. Illinois not the most patient fanbase.

Uhhh Yeah..

if you read the Post game thread he would be already gone. I am always amused when a fanbase reacts.

"I'm embarassed...." Really? of what? Is your degree worth any less? Did a head coach and staff affront you personally? Do you realize how hard it is to win in the NCAA overall?

"We don't do that here"......Really? Illinois is a blueblood? Always mentioned in the same breath as UK, Kansas, NC?

It goes on and on including OHIO being a crappy college in a shit league (the MAC WEST one poster says)...

Groce is no doubt feeling the hotseat and with the injuries is powerless to change things. Multiple injuries at once, the inability to find a servicable PG to come to Champaign, playing on the road and home games Springfield because the Arena (which will be very nice and attract recruits) is not done. No AD, no Chancellor....when the new ones come that will probably be the straw...


THe rational fans are few and far between.....best are holding the line but tenuously. It's a fickle biz and even your support is funny

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Originally Posted by CAHALL15 View Post
It's a long season and I understand we are without two starters and Black isn't a 100% yet, but this does not bode well. I'm a huge Groce fan, but with a new AD coming in at some point, he has to be on the hot seat.

Yep, it sucks. You should also point out that we haven't played a "home" game yet either. Playing in front of 5,000 people in Springfield isn't a home game.

Nunn out, Tate out, Black not 100 percent, Coleman-Lands not 100 percent. The scary thing is we haven't lost a player in a couple of weeks. I almost feel like we're due for another injury.

As for Groce, I hope he stays, but if our fanbase is like this board (which I hope it isn't), then Illini fans don't want him anyway. If they get rid of him, can't wait to see who they get. I'm not sure who could overcome all the crap I mentioned above with injuries and seemingly never ending game outside of the State Farm Center that should be in the State Farm Center. Thank God that part will end soon. "