{"id":305434,"date":"2025-11-20T05:25:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T05:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/alabama\/how-to-watch-alabama-basketball-at-illinois-preview-and-open-thread\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T05:25:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T05:25:47","slug":"how-to-watch-alabama-basketball-at-illinois-preview-and-open-thread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=305434","title":{"rendered":"How to Watch Alabama basketball at Illinois: Preview and open thread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In yet another game of contrasting styles, Alabama travels to Chicago tonight to face the Illinois Fighting Illini. Like last week\u2019s outing against Purdue, Alabama will want to turn the game into a track meet while Illinois is contend to slow it down. The Illini rank 178th in pace of play this season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><h3 class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\">Three Keys to Victory for Alabama<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><strong>What<\/strong>: Illinois vs Alabama<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><strong>Where:<\/strong> United Center, Chicago<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Use this as your game thread.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In yet another game of contrasting styles, Alabama travels to Chicago tonight to face the Illinois Fighting Illini. 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