Redbirds @ Drake 1/31 2:00 PM ESPN3

[ISU86]

Southern Illinois -1 | 146 1/2 Northern Iowa SATURDAY
Drake -21 | 142 1/2 Illinois State
Loyola-Chicago -7 | 138 1/2 at Missouri State
Valparaiso Pk | 127 1/2 at Evansville
Indiana State -2 | 132 1/2 Bradley

The Bulldogs only giving twenty-one seems light (unless the thought is the get-up by say thirty-two and we make a lot run when all is decided).

 

[V Boy]

Imagine you didn’t know anything about ISU basketball 15 games into the year and the first thing you found out was that ISU was a 21-pt underdog to Drake.....

 

[CaliRdBrd]

Imagine you didn’t know anything about ISU basketball 15 games into the year and the first thing you found out was that ISU was a 21-pt underdog to Drake.....

Imagine we had a team that could actually compete, and a coach that could coach...

 

[Bird Friend]

Imagine you didn’t know anything about ISU basketball 15 games into the year and the first thing you found out was that ISU was a 21-pt underdog to Drake.....

Then you likely wouldn't know anything about Drake basketball . . . so you'd probably think Drake is better than ISU.

 

[V Boy]

Then you likely wouldn't know anything about Drake basketball . . . so you'd probably think Drake is better than ISU.

I think the first thought would be:

how far has the program fallen to have ever gotten to a point where Drake.....Drake.....would ever be so heavily dominantly favored to beat Illinois State by this much. Like what are all the things that had to happen for that to be possible? That list must be really long.

 

[Redbird Alum 2004]

Gonna be a nice chance to get the kids some time against a top 25 team, after this weekend. With strong out we should see more Fleming and washington. I expectations are not two wins but continued growth from the young kids.

 

[Bird Friend]

I think the first thought would be:

how far has the program fallen to have ever gotten to a point where Drake.....Drake.....would ever be so heavily dominantly favored to beat Illinois State by this much. Like what are all the things that had to happen for that to be possible? That list must be really long.

You can't know something like that about Drake and not know something about ISU. You're dealing in wishful-whataboutism . . .

 

[Bird Friend]

Washington starting in place of Strong.

 

[bombay]

The Drake team must be Mormons.

 

[Bird Friend]

The Drake team must be Mormons.

 

[Bird Friend]

Wonder if he'll slice up ISU's D as much as commentator as he did as a senior . . .

 

[bombay]

Average age of starters over 23. Like BYU football.

 

[Bird Friend]

Game over. We're up 2-0.

 

[Bird Friend]

Reeves with a really pretty six foot floater . . . from eight feet away . . . Dusan with board, put back, and 1 . . . up 8-0. Who are these guys in Red. Won't last, but good start.

 

[Redbird222]

Feeding Dusan early and Bulldogs out of sorts with zone. Birds up 10 to 3

 

[Redbird222]

Dusan is rolling hard to the basket. Makes the offense look completely different

 

[Redbird222]

Fleming picks up his second foul early. Boyd in the game

 

[Redbird222]

Loyola up 20 - 2 over MSU.

 

[Redbird222]

And Abdou get the offensive screen foul to keep our consecutive game streak alive

 

[ILLST25]

Horne is the best ISU shooter I’ve ever watched