Thursdays Marquee Matchup - Maryland @ Illinois

[Tanko]

Maryland is 7 point dog tonight.
They are 14-5 and 9-10 ATS. In their 5 losses, its never been by more than 6.

Illinois 13-5 and 9-9 ATS. They are coming off a heartbreaker at Michigan St. and only two weeks ago lost at home to USC. We all thought they bounced back well with the drubbing of Indiana in between these games but, are they good enough to cover tonight?

Both teams are 4-6 ATS over the last 10 and both have very good offenses (83 and 87 ppg) and great defenses (top 20).

Do we lay the points????



@flyingillini Leave the emotions at the door when you comment.

 

[BMR Genie]

LT picks Illinois -7.

 

[jjgold]

Illinois ML

do not complicate it or get burned

 

[Tanko]

Illinois ML

do not complicate it or get burned

Wow.... -310 JJ.
Kind of pricey. You really seeing value there?

 

[BMR Genie]

Wow.... -310 JJ.
Kind of pricey. You really seeing value there?

Looks like JJ is now a bigtime bettor after the Hawaii vacation.

 

[flyingillini]

Maryland is 7 point dog tonight.
They are 14-5 and 9-10 ATS. In their 5 losses, its never been by more than 6.

Illinois 13-5 and 9-9 ATS. They are coming off a heartbreaker at Michigan St. and only two weeks ago lost at home to USC. We all thought they bounced back well with the drubbing of Indiana in between these games but, are they good enough to cover tonight?

Both teams are 4-6 ATS over the last 10 and both have very good offenses (83 and 87 ppg) and great defenses (top 20).

Do we lay the points????



@flyingillini Leave the emotions at the door when you comment.

Illini roll. They are a well tuned machine

 

[jjgold]

Illini quit on coach

 

[flyingillini]

Illini quit on coach

They’re built for March.

 

[KVB]

Unreal.

What happened?

 

[Jrgum3]

I was one who laid the points and couldn't have been more wrong. Illinois is a good team but they just had a bad game tonight I think. Of course I could be wrong because I admittedly don't to get see many of the games I bet on during the week when I'm at work because that's when they're going on but I don't know if I buy that Illinois is all of the sudden not a good team because they got boatraced at home.

 

[flyingillini]

Unreal.

What happened?

We are built for March KVBster. January means nothing.

 

[KVB]

I was one who laid the points and couldn't have been more wrong. Illinois is a good team but they just had a bad game tonight I think. Of course I could be wrong because I admittedly don't to get see many of the games I bet on during the week when I'm at work because that's when they're going on but I don't know if I buy that Illinois is all of the sudden not a good team because they got boatraced at home.

Maryland definitely overperformed and capitalized on just about every Illinois mistake.

Illini missed a lot of shots

MD with 17 fast break points to Illini's 3.
MD with 27 points of turnovers to Illini 4.
MD with 62 points in the paint to Illini 34
MD with 10 steals to Illini 2.

MD shooting 50%, not far from the 48.8% average.
Illini shooting 37.7%, a little further from their 44.5% average.

Maryland a decent shooting team, top 20 in the country.

 

[flyingillini]

Maryland definitely overperformed and capitalized on just about every Illinois mistake.

Illini missed a lot of shots

MD with 17 fast break points to Illini's 3.
MD with 27 points of turnovers to Illini 4.
MD with 62 points in the paint to Illini 34
MD with 10 steals to Illini 2.

MD shooting 50%, not far from the 48.8% average.
Illini shooting 37.7%, a little further from their 44.5% average.

Maryland a decent shooting team, top 20 in the country.

 

[Jrgum3]

Maryland definitely overperformed and capitalized on just about every Illinois mistake.

Illini missed a lot of shots

MD with 17 fast break points to Illini's 3.
MD with 27 points of turnovers to Illini 4.
MD with 62 points in the paint to Illini 34
MD with 10 steals to Illini 2.

MD shooting 50%, not far from the 48.8% average.
Illini shooting 37.7%, a little further from their 44.5% average.

Maryland a decent shooting team, top 20 in the country.

Yeah it seems like an off night. It happens to every team especially in conference play. I think the Illini are a very good team though just having watched them play a few times this year so I expect them to be a dangerous team come tourney time.

 

[BMR Genie]

Damn! not the result we're expecting.

 

[flyingillini]

Damn! not the result we're expecting.

They needed to regroup. All their winning went to their heads. They are built for March.

 

[BMR Genie]

They needed to regroup. All their winning went to their heads. They are built for March.

 

[Tanko]

As many have said.... Illinois is way better than the game they played last night.
Combination of Illinois with a bad night and Maryland playing lights out.

IMO this Illinois team is elite 8 material.

 

[KVB]

IMO this Illinois team is elite 8 material.

That points in the paint stat is a little concerning.

@flyingillini might not want not want to hear this, but Illini may have been exposed down low.

Actually, now that I say that out loud, I think @flyingillini might be kind of excited to see the Illini exposed down low.