11/15 @ Illinois

[T-Funk]

2:00 pm CST tipoff on ESPN3. Game being played in Springfield and not Champaign since their arena is apparently being renovated. Illinois lost to North Florida on Friday night. They also lost their starting point guard in that game with a dislocated finger.

[ndsubison1]

6'10 guy had a big game vs UNF. I don't see us pullng this out without Kading. We can make it close though.

[Tony Almeida]

Apparently we are their lowest attended game according to their basketball arena (State Farm Center) Wiki...game happened in '75.

[bisonfan08]

6'10 guy had a big game vs UNF. I don't see us pullng this out without Kading. We can make it close though.

They play 4 guards and a center the whole game, yes Thorne Jr. at 6'11" 270 is a load but North Florida played a 7 man rotation and the two biggest guys they had on the floor were 6'8". If we can contain him, most of Illinois scoring came from 2 other players and they don't impose a huge size difference matchup anywhere else like a lot of high major teams we play do. I think this team proved they won't be intimidated by size when they battled against Gonzaga and their front of Wiltjer 6'10", Sabonis 6'11" and Karnowski 7'1". If Dex can have a game remotely close to the one he played against them we'll give ourselves a chance in this one.

[ZHerd]

Illinois will be playing angry for pride.

[North Side]

We have a chance to win but its pretty slim.

[HoopsBison]

Gameday!!! We can beat these guys!

[bruinbison]

Of the young bigs, 6'9" Eliason with 8 minutes in the 1st game,
6'8" Dylan Miller with 1. Will be interesting to see if true freshman
Dylan gets a little more pt with NDSU back in his home state of Illinois.
Kory Brown also back in home state.

[TNbison]

Anyone have the espn3 stream up yet?

[Bisonwinagn]

can anyone see this on ESPN3? It's showing as upcoming yet for me?