Michigan State vs. Illinois: A Thursday Night Big Ten Showdown
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00:05 Taking a look at the Big Ten here, Michigan State gonna take on the Illinois Fighting Illini.
00:09 In this game, two and one of the Big Ten Illinois is a top ten program.
00:12 Michigan State and Tom Mizzo with a loss here, John, could fall to one and four.
00:16 What do you see tonight, Michigan State and Illinois?
00:18 It's the game of the night of Cotton College basketball, there's no doubt about it.
00:23 You know, the one thing that I've really seen for Illinois the last three games,
00:26 since Terrence Shannon Jr. was suspended indefinitely on rape charges was
00:30 Marcus Domas has emerged as Illinois' go-to player.
00:34 And Illinois does not have what it has.
00:38 What do you say, Ben?
00:39 Illinois doesn't have what it had with Terrence Shannon Jr.
00:44 It's a tongue twister right there, I don't speak for a living.
00:47 But it has enough to remain at the top tier of the Big Ten with Marcus Domas being a go-to player.
00:53 And guys, I don't want to really get on Ben's bad side here.
00:56 But when you look at the state of the Big Ten right now,
01:00 we have to look at this league and the history of the league.
01:04 In the last three seasons, this conference has had a combined 26 NCAA tournament bids
01:10 and a minimum of eight teams in the NCAA tournament per season.
01:15 I would be very, very surprised if the Big Ten has more than seven teams in the bracket on
01:21 Selection Sunday. I for a long time thought that it was going to be Purdue and everybody else,
01:26 but Wisconsin is showing this is not a coronation for the Boilers.
01:30 The two other teams I would probably forecast in the Big Ten's top four,
01:35 Michigan State and Illinois going head to head tonight in Champaign.
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