Some Fighting Illini Facts

D2bets · Mar 9, 2005

I think some of these stats pretty well dispel the notion that they eased to a 29-1 record....

Handed WAKE FOREST (#3) their ONLY non-road loss (neutral) of the season AND their LARGEST loss of the season (by 18)

Handed GONZAGA (#11) their ONLY non-road loss (neutral) of the season AND their LARGEST loss of the season (by 17)

Handed CINCINNATI (#21) their largest loss of the season ( by 22) on a neutral court, holding them to their lowest scoring output of the season by 16 points(45 points)

Handed ARKANSAS their largest home loss of the season (by 12)

Handed OHIO STATE their largest loss the season (by 19 at home)

Handed MICHIGAN STATE (#13) their ONLY home loss and tied for LARGEST loss of the season (by 13)

Handed WISCONSIN (#23) their ONLY home loss of the season, snapping the longest home win streak in CBB at 38 games, and doing it by DD.

And these are basically the best teams that Illinois played this year...vurtually all of the them resulted in the opponent's worst loss of the season.

Not to mention 25 out of 29 wins coming by DD.

I'll bump this thread on APRIL 4.

arty:

5teamparlay · Mar 9, 2005

ALSO how many MINUTES have they trailed this year ???

D2bets · Mar 9, 2005

5team, I think the only games they trailed for much of the game was at Mich for probably like 15, at Pur for abour the same, maybe 10 at Wisconsin, OSU was for 6 seconds. lol

Maybe some other short periods of time. I'll say around 45-50 minutes total. Just a guess.

D2bets · Mar 9, 2005

Against current Top 25 teams, Illinois is 5-0 and has won EACH of those games by DOUBLE DIGITS, and only ONE of those games was at HOME.

Kornholio · Mar 10, 2005

Also as of 3/7....

#4 in fewest turnovers per game

#3 in assists per game

#5 in 3 point %

#8 in 3 point buckets/game

#3 in scoring margin

But #111 in steals/game...that one kind of suprises me.

They also have a 1.77 assist to turnover ratio as a TEAM.