https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game/_/gameId/401825468/illinois-purduePurdue has some bangers, so we will see what our "B1G' lineup will do against them. This one comes down to overall guard play. Smith is really really good, but not the NPOY imo, he can be harassed into some T/O. Do we get another super human defensive effort from Andrej on him?
T Kaufman Renn and Mirk may have some battles, I would suspect BU to utilize Mirk away from the basket on offense, where a big will have to come out and play him, same obviously with Tomi.
IF we can keep TKR and Cluff off the boards for the most part, we should steal one on the road....if not, then we will need both Smith and Loyer to have really bad games.
Prediction ILLINI 75 - Purdue 71 win/pts/under.