Just listened to a Mike Decourcy interview on a Denver radio College Bball round table. He's got the Illini in his final four. The Shaka game, in his opinion, didn't mean squat due to Kofi not playing. He's normally not too far off in his takes.
Final Four IF Belo starts playing team ball and acting like a real PG....creative genius doesn't cover up ignorant play. IF Hawkins stays to form that he played with when Kofi was out. IF Kofi plays anything near pre-season ranking.
Elite Eight IF Belo does above and Kofi does above with role players just doing enough, a 3rd option for offense should do it.
Sweet Sixteen IF Belo cuts turnovers down to an average of "only" half of what was the other night...
Nothing IF Belo plays all year for himself.....which is I am sure not what he was trying to do against Marquette, however is what he accomplished.