Thursday...Finally

Thursday is finally here. I've been waiting all week for the NCAA to start up again, and today it will with a vengence. Illinois will play Wisconsin-Milwaukee, followed by Arizona/Oklahoma State which could be a classic. I'm hoping that the UWM game is not a classic, but a blowout. Not for any revenge purposes, but just for my own piece of mind. On paper this matchup looks good for Illinois. UWM presses a lot, which was a the perfect defense to use against the freshman point guard of Alabama, and the mediocre backcourt of Boston College. Illinois has 3 guys who can run the point, so they should have no problem breaking the press, and hopefully scoring at will. All year the Illini have said they've got the best backcourt in the country...time for them to prove it.

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