NCAA Sweet 16 Thursday Night Discussion Thread

[PiscatawayMike]

What will the line be?

UConn has won nine straight NCAA tourney games by double digits, but I think the Huskies will "only" be favored by 7.5 points.

 

[Fighter of the Nightman]

UConn-Illinois will be a dandy.

The Fighting Illini match up well with the Huskies.

I hope you’re right, but I’m nervous! I’m honestly just happy to have made it this far. When I was younger, Sweet Sixteen/Elite was great but nothing shocking. Then we went almost 20 years with neither, so it just feels good to be back at this level … beating UConn would be icing on the cake, but hey it’s March! Would love to see Purdue keep winning and this narrative about the Big Ten start to change.

Good luck to my second favorite Big Ten team RU next season, except against us. 🤝🏻

 

[Erial_Lion]

UConn has won nine straight NCAA tourney games by double digits, but I think the Huskies will "only" be favored by 7.5 points.

I'm seeing it at 8.5

 

[RUJMM78]

UConn-Illinois will be a dandy.

The Fighting Illini match up well with the Huskies.

The difference in the teams is that UConn also excels on defense holding opponents below their scoring average.They also are better foul shooters.Illinois can't have Shannon get in early foul trouble.

 

[shields]

Maybe Newton gets in foul trouble.

 

[RUChoppin]

Maybe Newton gets in foul trouble.

Shannon is far more important to Illinois than Newton is to UConn.