# 10 seed Penn State to play #7 seed Illinois in Big Ten Tourney
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Tough draw. I think they have built some momentum and confidence. Hopefully the 3s fall for them and they can do well on the boards.
cannot see a loss to Illinois in Chicago keeping us out, and we'd be 2-1 against them even if we lose. a win obviously seals it completely
I think this might be one of the best scenarios
I think this might be one of the best scenarios
I hope you are right. Depends on other bubble teams' performance and if some out of nowhere team takes a spot they would not have ordinarily gotten because they win their conf tourney.
On the other hand, if we do win, look at the bracket we are in. I could see almost any team in that bracket reaching the final on Sunday (including PSU)
Anything can happen in the conference tournament if you don’t play on Wednesday…
It is a tough draw, but we do match up well with Illinois. Need to control Mayer and Hawkins and I think we can do what we did in the 2017-18 season beating Ohio State 3 times.
Most of those in the Mid-Major conferences have been decided and finished well for us. Now we have to hope some teams like NC and Virginia Tech don't make big runs in their tournaments and get back into the discussion. I do agree that a win on Thursday puts us comfortably in the tournament, and Rutgers losing again yesterday may have taken them out of the picture.
On the positive, we have a beaten at least once every team on our side up to championship game. That includes wins at Illinois and NW. Beating a team 3 times when teams are evenly matched - which I think we are with Illinois - is a toss up per 538 so I don’t see any disadvantage in that regard. On flip side, beating Illinois in Chicago the turning around and beating NW in Chicago is challenging. But I like our chances!
We've proven that we can beat those teams but it won't be easy, especially in Chicago.
I'm not concerned about anybody other than Illinois. That's the game we need to lock in an NCAA tournament win.
Dread broke his drought so hoping he can rain down threes all tournament. A couple other guys started to play well off the bench. Team has had time now to adjust to Pickett being double teamed and can now break that tactic. We will win at least two…..
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