ILLINOIS at home vs Northwestern. The Line is 10.5 for Illinois
Let's take a look at the Wild Cats. A precise passing team that is very effective with making the hard cuts on offense. They operate on offense by committee. NW is also 13th in the nation in point production. While they stay in a Princeton style offense they have a couple players that can make things happen.
They average 65 points a game and are ranked 249th in the nation in rebounding it should favor Illinois here.
A LOOK AT ILLINOIS
Coach Groce of Illinois says this:
MAN UP AND PLAY, Life is going to punch you right in the face get ready and deal with it. The coach is tired of all this fragile talk and deals with it like a Drill Instructor
(I approve)
There is no sense of urgency on offense for Illinois and the defense is suspect at least 25% of the time.
Illinois plays up or down to the level of competition and lacks killer instinct this resonates from the senior leadership from LAST years melt down as Juniors. Is this a talented basketball team YES if they want to show up.
When I heard that Coach Groce of Illinois would replay the tape of Northwestern's offense 3 times over because he was impressed with the execution and I would guess he is befuddled on how to stop NW on offense.
This game is going to be close
Let's take a look at the Wild Cats. A precise passing team that is very effective with making the hard cuts on offense. They operate on offense by committee. NW is also 13th in the nation in point production. While they stay in a Princeton style offense they have a couple players that can make things happen.
They average 65 points a game and are ranked 249th in the nation in rebounding it should favor Illinois here.
A LOOK AT ILLINOIS
Coach Groce of Illinois says this:
MAN UP AND PLAY, Life is going to punch you right in the face get ready and deal with it. The coach is tired of all this fragile talk and deals with it like a Drill Instructor
(I approve)
There is no sense of urgency on offense for Illinois and the defense is suspect at least 25% of the time.
Illinois plays up or down to the level of competition and lacks killer instinct this resonates from the senior leadership from LAST years melt down as Juniors. Is this a talented basketball team YES if they want to show up.
When I heard that Coach Groce of Illinois would replay the tape of Northwestern's offense 3 times over because he was impressed with the execution and I would guess he is befuddled on how to stop NW on offense.
This game is going to be close
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