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[CentralIllinois]

Less than 2 weeks away from the start of the season and the first Coaches poll has just came out

2010 USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 Preseason Coaches' Poll

1. Duke (35-5)

2. Michigan State (28-9)

3. Kansas State (29-8)

4. Pittsburgh (25-9)

5. Ohio State (29-8)

6. Villanova (25-8

7. Kansas (33-3)

8. Purdue (29-6)

9. North Carolina (20-17)

10. Kentucky (35-3)

11. Florida (21-13)

12. Gonzaga (27-7)

13. Syracuse (30-5)

14. Baylor (28-8)

15. Missouri (23-11)

16. Illinois (21-15)

17. Washington (26-10)

18. Butler (33-5)

19. Memphis (24-10)

20. Tennessee (28-9)

21. Georgetown (23-11)

22. Temple (29-6)

23. Virginia Tech (25-9)

24. Wisconsin (24-9)

25. Texas (24-10)

The only thing I have to say right now is that the Big Ten is loaded with talented teams this year

[SEMIweather]

Where's Oklahoma?

[SEMIweather]

Copying this from a post I made on an OU Hoops Forum RE: our record this season.

v. Northern State (Exhibition)
v. Coppin State
v. North Carolina Central
v. Texas Southern

Maui Invitational (Lahaina, HI):
1st Round - v. Kentucky
2nd Round - (my guess) v. Washington
3rd Round - (my guess) v. Michigan State

@ Arkansas
@ Arizona
v. Gardner-Webb
v. Oral Roberts

All-College Classic (Oklahoma City, OK):
v. Cincinnati

v. Sacramento State
v. Central Arkansas
v. Maryland Eastern Shore
v. Texas A&M
@ Baylor
@ Texas
v. Texas Tech
v. Colorado
@ Iowa State
v. Baylor
@ Oklahoma State
v. Texas
@ Missouri
v. Nebraska
@ Kansas State
@ Texas A&M
v. Kansas
@ Texas Tech
v. Oklahoma State

19-12, 7-9 in conference play

The disclaimer before you read the following wall of text is, of course, that I'm an optimist RE: this year's basketball team.

Why wait until January or February to put my credibility on the line when I can do a huge upset pick in late November? Yeah, we're breaking in almost a whole new team, but so is Kentucky. Stranger things have happened, and I've had a gut feeling about that game since I saw the schedule.

Other than that, we have a fairly young team so I expect some pretty big struggles with true road games. I picked us to have a 2-8 record in true road games. Maybe we do a little better, but I'd personally be stunned and thrilled if we went even .500 in true road games this year.

At home, I'd be disappointed if we didn't win all of our cupcakes in non-conference play. Out of those 9 "gimme" games, I believe the 2 teams that will most likely give us trouble are Texas Southern and Oral Roberts. Still, I'd be pretty disappointed if we didn't win all of those. We may struggle at home in some of those non-con games but I would hope we'd end up with a W in all of them.

At home in conference, I see several opportunities to get moderate "upsets", and a chance to pull off a biggie late in the season. I'd hope we'd beat 3/4 of aTm, TTU, CU, and NU at home; if we can't beat other mediocre teams at home it will be a long season in the Big 12.

For Baylor, UT, and OSU at home, I think we have a real shot to win all of those. Even last year we beat UT and OSU at home (of course this was before the awful swoon late in the year. I'd expect that there would be a decent crowd at those games, and sometimes young teams can rally around the crowd for a W. As for Baylor, since they've suspended Dunn from classes, I have a feeling that he'll be academically ineligible no matter how his legal situation works out. So, I don't think they'll have Dunn this year, and I think that's going to be a huge blow for them. So...while it's probably too optimistic to hope for a W in all 3 of those games, I have a good feeling about all of them and picked all of them.

Finally, at home against Kansas. This is the game I've been looking forward to the most since I saw the schedule. Personally I feel like Kansas has enough returning to be a top 5 team when they come to the LNC. If they really are top 5, that will be a sweet game, but I feel like they'll probably win it.

So, there's my way too in-depth explanation...

[SEMIweather]

My bold Big 12 Predictions:

- With the cloud of Dunn's legal troubles (regardless of whether or not he remains suspended) and the NCAA investigations hanging over the program, Baylor will not make the tournament.
- We will beat both Texass and Okie Light at the LNC.
- Kansas will be ranked in the top 3 when they come to the LNC on February 26th, and we will still be in the hunt for an NCAA bid, which will result in a great atmosphere.
- We will make it to the finals of the Maui Invitational, pulling off big upsets of Kentucky & Washington. Hey...stranger things have happened in that tournament, you never know who will be ready to play in that vacation-like setting early in the season.
- Colorado will make the big dance.
- We will make it to the semifinals of the NIT, setting the stage for what should be a fun 2011-12 season.

[SEMIweather]

My not-so-bold prediction: The Capelables will bring it STRONG this year...let's go.

[CentralIllinois]

ILLINOIS 2010-2011 SCHEDULE


Date Opponent / Event Location Time / Result

11/08/10 vs. UC Irvine Assembly Hall 7:00 p.m. CT
11/10/10 vs. Toledo Assembly Hall 7:00 p.m. CT
11/13/10 vs. Southern Illinois Assembly Hall 7:00 p.m. CT
2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer
11/18/10 vs. Texas New York, N.Y. 8:00 p.m. CT
11/19/10 vs. Pittsburgh/Maryland New York, N.Y. TBA
11/23/10 vs. Yale Assembly Hall 8:45 p.m. CT
11/27/10 at Western Michigan Kalamazoo, Mich. 1:00 p.m. CT
11/30/10 vs. North Carolina Assembly Hall 8:30 p.m. CT
12/04/10 vs. Gonzaga Seattle, Wash. 4:00 p.m. CT
12/08/10 vs. Oakland Assembly Hall 7:00 p.m. CT
12/12/10 vs. Northern Colorado Assembly Hall 5:00 p.m. CT
12/18/10 vs. UIC Chicago, Ill. 1:00 p.m. CT
12/22/10 vs. Missouri St. Louis, Mo. 8:00 p.m. CT
12/29/10 at Iowa * Iowa City, Iowa 8:00 p.m. CT
01/02/11 vs. Wisconsin * Assembly Hall 5:00 p.m. CT
01/06/11 vs. Northwestern * Assembly Hall 8:00 p.m. CT
01/11/11 at Penn State * University Park, Pa. 8:00 p.m. CT
01/15/11 at Wisconsin * Madison, Wis. 2:00 p.m. CT
01/18/11 vs. Michigan State * Assembly Hall 6:00 p.m. CT
01/22/11 vs. Ohio State * Assembly Hall 11:00 a.m. CT
01/27/11 at Indiana * Bloomington, Ind. 8:00 p.m. CT
02/01/11 vs. Penn State * Assembly Hall 8:00 p.m. CT
02/05/11 at Northwestern * Evanston, Ill. 12:00 p.m. CT
02/10/11 at Minnesota * Minneapolis, Minn. 8:00 p.m. CT
02/13/11 vs. Purdue * Assembly Hall 12:00 p.m. CT
02/16/11 vs. Michigan * Assembly Hall 7:30 p.m. CT
02/19/11 at Michigan State * East Lansing, Mich. 8:00 p.m. CT
02/22/11 at Ohio State * Columbus, Ohio 6:00 p.m. CT
02/26/11 vs. Iowa * Assembly Hall TBA
03/01/11 at Purdue * West Lafayette, Ind. 6:00 p.m. CT
03/05/11 vs. Indiana * Assembly Hall TBA

Illinois Prediction 24-7, 12-6 in conference play

[futureweatherman...]

Less than 2 weeks away from the start of the season and the first Coaches poll has just came out

2010 USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 Preseason Coaches' Poll

1. Duke (35-5)

I like it.

[Louieloy102]

Go UNI .

[CentralIllinois]

Blue vs Orange scrimmage earlier today...Illinois looked pretty good

[CentralIllinois]

AP TOP 25

1 Duke (55) 0-0 1613
2 Michigan State (8) 0-0 1558
3 Kansas State (2) 0-0 1414
4 Ohio State 0-0 1368
5 Pittsburgh 0-0 1310
6 Villanova 0-0 1198
7 Kansas 0-0 1172
8 North Carolina 0-0 1034
9 Florida 0-0 997
10 Syracuse 0-0 920
11 Kentucky 0-0 917
12 Gonzaga 0-0 889
13 Illinois 0-0 773
14 Purdue 0-0 771
15 Missouri 0-0 700
16 Baylor 0-0 625
17 Butler 0-0 607
18 Washington 0-0 572
19 Memphis 0-0 551
20 Georgetown 0-0 363
21 Virginia Tech 0-0 288
22 Temple 0-0 265
23 Tennessee 0-0 252
24 Brigham Young 0-0 198
25 San Diego State 0-0 158

[SEMIweather]

OU beat Northern State 75-64 in an exhibition game, we were down until about 5:00 left...interesting. Got the 'W' I guess that's what matters but it may be a long season with 9 new players.

[CentralIllinois]

Illinois plays their first game of the season Monday against UC Irvine

[SEMIweather]

Oklahoma has to wait until Friday to open up the season at home against Coppin State. I guess I'll pass the time by looking at Oregon's new court:

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[CentralIllinois]

Oklahoma has to wait until Friday to open up the season at home against Coppin State. I guess I'll pass the time by looking at Oregon's new court:

I heard the CEO of Nike was the one who designed it

[CentralIllinois]

The Illini beat UC Irvine 79 - 65

[SEMIweather]

Tennessee lost to Indianapolis College in an exhibition game by 15.

[SEMIweather]

Heard through the grapevine that we got smoked by North Texas in a closed-door scrimmage...uh-oh...

[SEMIweather]

OU is opening the season in less than 3 hours against Coppin State...

[CentralIllinois]

Illinois is 2-0

[SEMIweather]

Oklahoma beat Coppin State 77-57. New fan favorite, Calvin "40-Cal" Newell, who came up to us after the game and told us he called his family back in Philadelphia to tell them how sweet The Capelables were.