UNC vs Illinois, what's your prediction?

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Well we've heard from the basketball pundits and now it's our turn. Who's your pick to win the National Championship? UNC or Illinois?
Mine: Tar Heels 85 to 77. ;) ;) ;)

Go Heels!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Illinois has a basketball team? Really? :D

Tar Heels by 6, no more Roy Williams jokes. ;)
 
OK, i'll be first to choose Illini 79 - 71, thier backcourt will be the difference over NC front court :)
Seriously both teams decisive victories over Louisville and Mich St were impressive, they both proved they are the 2 best and earned their ticket to final game, NC has experience so it will be excellent game!!!!
Martin
 
I'm kind of up in the air after watching both games last night. UNC seems to have an athletic bunch of players that you could loosely call a team, while Illinois has a group of solid performers that definitely play together as a team. Illinois also seems more consistent in their ability to play good basketball for the whole 40 minutes.

The wild card for me is whether or not UNC shows up for the whole game (witness last night's first half performance by UNC :yawn: )

My prediction: Illinois by 10....

Matthew
 
Heels 88 to 80 is what I have on my bracket, and is still my prediction.
 
As an Illini fan, you know who I'm rooting for. That said, however, I think they have their hands full. NC just seems to have more big guys, and that could make the difference. On the other hand, Illinois is a lot faster and seems to play better as a team and more consistently. Rarely, if ever, will you see a player from Illinois take the ball and drive to the basket in the middle of a bunch of defenders(like a lot of teams seem to do). Illinois players seemingly don't care about individual conquests and will gladly pass the ball off to a team mate. It's gonna be a great game, I do know that. I just wish it wasn't on at the exact same time as 24.
 
I haven't seen NC play, but Illinois looks hard to beat to me. Particularly after that Arizona game.
 
Guess I better go find out what crow tastes like :grumpy:

Congratulations to the Tarheels for a game well played....

Matthew
 
GO HEELS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We Won!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We Won!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We Won!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
fixer27 said:
Illinois has a basketball team? Really? :D

Tar Heels by 6, no more Roy Williams jokes. ;)
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Sorry by 5 pts. :D

The illini did come back from fifteen down though.
 
trane fan said:
GO HEELS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We Won!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We Won!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We Won!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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GREAT GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D

I work in Chapel Hill. If I where going to work tomorrow I'm sure Franklin st would be a mess. But I've been sick since the weekend so no work for me tomorrow.
 
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