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Illinois 5-0 travel to south padre island to play the shockers 5-0 on neutral court Illinois is a 9.0 chalk
Illinois returns 2 starters from last years squad James Augustine 6-11 center and Dee Brown the one man fast break at Point Guard. Illinois is much stronger inside this year, and of course weaker around the permiter.
Illinois has struggeled against the zone as usual and while the shockers love to play an up tempo game I do expect them to go into a zone vs Illinois to protect it's big men inside and force Illinois to shoot the rock from 3 point land.
Illinois is shooting 38% from three point land only 1 percent below last years average.
Coach weber has played wichita state 10 times in the last 5 years and is 9-1 vs them.
WSU analysis
WSU style of play- Up temp. Passing offense that spreads points and assist around well. Solid defensively. Typically holds opponents to under 40% in FG % which leads to consistently outrebounding opponents.
Strengths They go 7 deep with players capable of putting 20 points on the board any night. Very quick and deep at the guard spots. 6 deep with players in the 35% range from the arc.
Weakness: Front court depth, defending quick and atheltic players 6-8 or above has been a real problem.
I see Illinois Bigs having a huge game today and my numbers say Illinois by 12.0
Good Luck all
Carpet
Illinois returns 2 starters from last years squad James Augustine 6-11 center and Dee Brown the one man fast break at Point Guard. Illinois is much stronger inside this year, and of course weaker around the permiter.
Illinois has struggeled against the zone as usual and while the shockers love to play an up tempo game I do expect them to go into a zone vs Illinois to protect it's big men inside and force Illinois to shoot the rock from 3 point land.
Illinois is shooting 38% from three point land only 1 percent below last years average.
Coach weber has played wichita state 10 times in the last 5 years and is 9-1 vs them.
WSU analysis
WSU style of play- Up temp. Passing offense that spreads points and assist around well. Solid defensively. Typically holds opponents to under 40% in FG % which leads to consistently outrebounding opponents.
Strengths They go 7 deep with players capable of putting 20 points on the board any night. Very quick and deep at the guard spots. 6 deep with players in the 35% range from the arc.
Weakness: Front court depth, defending quick and atheltic players 6-8 or above has been a real problem.
I see Illinois Bigs having a huge game today and my numbers say Illinois by 12.0
Good Luck all
Carpet
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