Northwestern vs. Illinois: Wildcats To Curb Illini's Offense?
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00:03 >> Northwestern, the Wildcats, 10-2 on the season, 1-0 in Big Ten play.
00:07 Taking on Illinois at 10-2 on the season, 1-0 also in Big Ten play.
00:12 Illinois favored by minus 5.5 with a total of 142.5.
00:17 The Illini at home, can they handle the Wildcats?
00:20 >> Yeah, well, this is a game that what stuck out to me was maybe the total here,
00:26 being a little bit too high there at 142.
00:29 Why? Because while Northwestern is gonna be efficient, but
00:33 they are going to be slow, and they play a ton of defense here, right?
00:40 Chris Collins of Northwestern Air, the head coach,
00:43 he instills defense, defense, and more defense.
00:47 And that is why they were able to take down Purdue this year as well as last year,
00:53 is they make it very difficult for teams to be able to get into rhythm.
00:57 The problem is, you also have a lot of extra headlines, and
01:02 the All-American guard, what, Terrence Shannon Jr.,
01:05 who was their leading scorer, by the way, with about 22 points a game.
01:08 He is suspended indefinitely now.
01:10 This is an impossible spot for Illinois, which is why,
01:15 instead of trying to figure out the winner, Illinois being in Champaign and
01:18 at home, I'm looking at the under here.
01:20 Do not expect this great offensive output from Illinois against Northwestern.
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