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Topic: Official Game 2 Thread: Illinois St.

Topic: Official Game 2 Thread: Illinois St.

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Ted Thompson
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Official Game 2 Thread: Illinois St.

Posted: 11/5/2025 4:25:41 PM

Use this thread to talk about anything game-related. For away games, we'll have a separate travel thread.

Date: November 6th, 2025 7:00 PM

Opponent: Illinois St. (0-0)

Site: Convocation Center

TV/Webcast: ESPN+

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greencat
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RE: Official Game 2 Thread: Illinois St.

Posted: 11/5/2025 6:29:57 PM

They return two all conference players.

KenPom has them #122 in the nation; the Bobcats at #164

Team Rankings: 118 and 142

Sagrin: 122 and 164

Clearly, our guys can't have big slumps during this game and have a chance.

OhioCatFan
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RE: Official Game 2 Thread: Illinois St.

Posted: 11/5/2025 8:35:45 PM

Just read the Blue Ribbon entry for ISU, and boy do they sound like a tough team. The team grades are as follows: Backcourt, A; Frontcourt, B+; Bench/Depth, A-; and Intangibles, A. One player that stood out to me was Jack Daughtery, a 6-8 starting forward who shoots 3s and had 59 last year. He only averages 6.3 ppg, but ranked second on the team for 3-pointers and has an overall shooting percentage of 47.3. This just looks to me to be the kind of tall, lanky, outside shooter that might give us fits.

Ohio's grades, by comparison are: Backcourt, B; Frontcourt, B; Bench/Depth B+; and Intangibles, B+.

So, we are ranked a little lower than ISU, but the game is in our house, so it could be competitive. Let's get that first win. Go OHIO!

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RE: Official Game 2 Thread: Illinois St.

Posted: 11/6/2025 6:54:48 AM

Need to find a way to win this one. Can't lose two at home to start the season.

What a day at the Convo.....Wow!

SBH
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RE: Official Game 2 Thread: Illinois St.

Posted: 11/6/2025 7:51:24 AM

Long feature story on Ryan Pedon and the Redbirds program in the Dispatch a couple of days ago but no mention by the Columbus writer that said team would be playing down the road in Athens a few nights later. Today's journalism, SMH.

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RE: Official Game 2 Thread: Illinois St.

Posted: 11/6/2025 9:00:17 AM

We'll need to utilized our frontcourt depth more for this game. Hopefully, Boals adjusts how he manages minutes.

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RE: Official Game 2 Thread: Illinois St.

Posted: 11/6/2025 10:05:58 AM

Opened as Illinois St -1.5 but has moved to Ohio -1.5. We have fared very poorly in these toss-up games recently.

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RE: Official Game 2 Thread: Illinois St.

Posted: 11/6/2025 11:34:25 AM

Andrew Ruck wrote:

Opened as Illinois St -1.5 but has moved to Ohio -1.5. We have fared very poorly in these toss-up games recently.

This is surprising to me, I was thinking it would move the other way.

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RE: Official Game 2 Thread: Illinois St.

Posted: 11/6/2025 6:59:39 PM

Connors getting start tonight over Elliott.

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RE: Official Game 2 Thread: Illinois St.

Posted: 11/6/2025 7:04:11 PM

FJC31 wrote:

Connors getting start tonight over Elliott.

Elliott is in street clothes�

Bobcat Love's Sense of Shame
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RE: Official Game 2 Thread: Illinois St.

Posted: 11/6/2025 7:25:49 PM

Ball moving well. Conners looking good in the first 10 minutes.

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RE: Official Game 2 Thread: Illinois St.

Posted: 11/6/2025 7:32:47 PM

Conners showing a lot more to his game than I thought he had. Good court vision, getting to the rim. Really like the Pavs-Conners-Kelly-Hadaway-Simmons 5 so far.

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RE: Official Game 2 Thread: Illinois St.

Posted: 11/6/2025 7:55:39 PM

Jesse Burris welcome to the Ohio scorers book.

Also, JJ Kelly (3 boards), Kuany (4 points) getting in there.

Ayden, welcome to the dog house. It�s hard a one to leave.

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RE: Official Game 2 Thread: Illinois St.

Posted: 11/6/2025 7:57:10 PM

53% on FTs�. Unacceptable

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RE: Official Game 2 Thread: Illinois St.

Posted: 11/6/2025 8:01:00 PM

Also, do we get out rebounded because we miss so many FTs? Take those 6 misses and the rebound numbers are pretty similar

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RE: Official Game 2 Thread: Illinois St.

Posted: 11/6/2025 8:07:03 PM

Bobcat Love's Sense of Shame wrote:

Conners showing a lot more to his game than I thought he had. Good court vision, getting to the rim. Really like the Pavs-Conners-Kelly-Hadaway-Simmons 5 so far.

+1 on Connors. Really thought he was just a catch and shoot guy.

Doesn�t seem like we�ll see Breath and Simmons on the court at once. Appears to be 1 for 1 sub there.

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RE: Official Game 2 Thread: Illinois St.

Posted: 11/6/2025 8:08:25 PM

Bobcat Tattoo wrote:

FJC31 wrote:

Connors getting start tonight over Elliott.

Elliott is in street clothes�

Injured or in the dog house?

Bobcat Love's Sense of Shame
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RE: Official Game 2 Thread: Illinois St.

Posted: 11/6/2025 8:10:04 PM

Cats5 wrote:

53% on FTs�. Unacceptable

It's all Breath, though. 1-5.

M.D.W.S.T
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RE: Official Game 2 Thread: Illinois St.

Posted: 11/6/2025 8:12:14 PM

Bobcat Love's Sense of Shame wrote:

Cats5 wrote:

53% on FTs�. Unacceptable

It's all Breath, though. 1-5.

Gingivitis at the line.

Casper71
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RE: Official Game 2 Thread: Illinois St.

Posted: 11/6/2025 8:15:41 PM

If you cannot defend the three and make some threes, you cannot win in college basketball these days.

Cats5
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RE: Official Game 2 Thread: Illinois St.

Posted: 11/6/2025 8:16:22 PM

greencat wrote:

Bobcat Tattoo wrote:

FJC31 wrote:

Connors getting start tonight over Elliott.

Elliott is in street clothes�

Injured or in the dog house?

Back injury

MonroeClassmate
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RE: Official Game 2 Thread: Illinois St.

Posted: 11/6/2025 8:17:24 PM

Folks, my surname is CONNORS.

Dior's surname is CONNERS.

Please get it straight. It bugged me when I saw my name spelled with an "ERS" and it probably bugs Dior when you spell his "ORS".

Cats5
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RE: Official Game 2 Thread: Illinois St.

Posted: 11/6/2025 8:17:31 PM

Here we go😒

M.D.W.S.T
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RE: Official Game 2 Thread: Illinois St.

Posted: 11/6/2025 8:19:33 PM

Now that we�ve had 6 quarters to digest, how we feeling about the new floor?

I thought I would hate the dark / light changes within the 3 point area, but I think I kinda like it�? Or am indifferent cause it�s fine� I like the paw and the wood grain green. I would�ve just kept that.

Last Edited: 11/6/2025 8:19:52 PM by M.D.W.S.T

Cats5
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RE: Official Game 2 Thread: Illinois St.

Posted: 11/6/2025 8:23:53 PM

M.D.W.S.T wrote:

I love it on tv but haven�t seen it in person yet. I�ll fall into the �fan� category

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