5:30 PM. MSG.
ESPN.
KenPom has FAU as #14 and Illinois has jumped up to #16. FAU -1
Torvik has FAU as #8 and Illinois at #30. FAU -3.7
Game will come down to 2 players. Johnell Davis vs TSJ...if TSJ guards Davis we have a better chance. Davis is their go-to leader, TSJ is ours, which one fares better will dictate the winner in this one. Closely matched otherwise.
FAU has an up and coming better playing big, we have the bigs to combat that...Dain should get him in foul trouble I believe. Wing play is solid on both if not spectacular in some cases.
Scoring will be interesting FAU is @ 84ppg, while we hold teams to 59 ppg. ILLINI avg 78ppg while FAU holds teams to 67 ppg.
Predictions is that the ILLINI win 73-67 and CoHawk will complain about fouls and throw both hands up in disgust at least 13 times throughout. LOL