In Reply to: watching that - surprised also - but IL is missing a key player posted by barrya on January 11, 2025 at 11:46:18
prevailed winning 82 to 72. But even without their leading scorer (6'6 guard, 16.4 PPG, Kasper Jakucionis),the Illini beat a 12-3 Penn State team that averages 85 points a game, 91 to 52, just a couple of days ago. Penn State's best win had previously been over a good Purdue team by 11.
In the Big 10, you just never know what will happen on any given night or day. Washington at Michigan tomorrow should be interesting after watching Wash getting smashed (88 to 54) by Mich State Thursday evening. They will probably come back and give Michigan a good game--but that's a very remote possibility, IMO.