Next up for the Illini are the Oakland Golden Grizzlies 5-3 coming out of the Summit League to pay a visit to Illinois.
Basic Intelligence shows that this Grizzlies team loves to score points averaging 82 a game with 3 players sharing the scoring load. The Biggest threat is 6-11 Benson who is scoring 19 points a game with his 230 pound frame inside. They also have Hamilton at 16 and Hudson at 14 a game.
They are not much on defense giving up over 72 points a game.
Oakland lost to Purdue this year 82-67. The Golden Grizzlies play in a weak summit conference but they are the best team in that conference riding a 13 game win streak in league play.
It is not unusual for a team like Oakland to load up on some tough games in their schedule, so far they have played Purdue, Illinois is up next and Michigan State and Michigan after that for the Grizzlies. I just don't think this is your usual Cup Cake team and will give Illinois some problems.
When I looked at that Purdue game it was clear that Oakland can score from Almost anywhere and they don't care where they shoot from very unorthodox style of play.
I don't believe that Coach Weber will allow a let down coming into this 2 game stretch of mid majors with this team coming up before the Missouri game, but I do think Oakland could cause Illinois some fits in this game. That west coast travel takes a couple days to get your body back into normal so I expect Illinois to come out sluggish in the game and wake up later.
The Illini have a few days to get the land legs back in central time as the game is 12-8
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Basic Intelligence shows that this Grizzlies team loves to score points averaging 82 a game with 3 players sharing the scoring load. The Biggest threat is 6-11 Benson who is scoring 19 points a game with his 230 pound frame inside. They also have Hamilton at 16 and Hudson at 14 a game.
They are not much on defense giving up over 72 points a game.
Oakland lost to Purdue this year 82-67. The Golden Grizzlies play in a weak summit conference but they are the best team in that conference riding a 13 game win streak in league play.
It is not unusual for a team like Oakland to load up on some tough games in their schedule, so far they have played Purdue, Illinois is up next and Michigan State and Michigan after that for the Grizzlies. I just don't think this is your usual Cup Cake team and will give Illinois some problems.
When I looked at that Purdue game it was clear that Oakland can score from Almost anywhere and they don't care where they shoot from very unorthodox style of play.
I don't believe that Coach Weber will allow a let down coming into this 2 game stretch of mid majors with this team coming up before the Missouri game, but I do think Oakland could cause Illinois some fits in this game. That west coast travel takes a couple days to get your body back into normal so I expect Illinois to come out sluggish in the game and wake up later.
The Illini have a few days to get the land legs back in central time as the game is 12-8
More to follow
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