Illinois vs. Penn State: Big 10 Showdown Prediction
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00:03 And then it leads us to the Big Ten here, Coach, with a team I know you've been high
00:08 on all season long.
00:10 You love Brad Underwood.
00:12 Illinois certainly has the talent to make a run at this here.
00:19 Taking on a Penn State team where I'm still not quite sure why Kanye and Clary got released
00:24 from the team.
00:26 And Mike Rhodes didn't really give us any details, but that's a pretty big piece of
00:30 what they've been doing this year here at Penn State.
00:33 They are at home.
00:34 Does it make a difference?
00:36 No, it doesn't.
00:38 Because when you look at it, and listen, it was interesting for me to see Mike Rhodes,
00:44 who was a soccer smart assistant, found his way to Rice, got himself back to VCU, and
00:51 then took on a job at Penn State where they just don't have the facilities, basketball
00:56 wise.
00:57 But I like Mike Rhodes, and I think he's going to do a hell of a job.
01:01 The issue with Penn State is this.
01:03 You saw that Clary got thrown off the team.
01:06 They're so dependent on Clary and Ace Baldwin, who followed Mike Rhodes from VCU to go to
01:14 Penn State.
01:15 You're looking at a team, to me, Illinois, that's won five NLS and six games.
01:20 They've won at Ohio State.
01:21 They've won at Maryland.
01:23 One team's struggling.
01:25 Illinois, unbelievable in their points per 100 possessions.
01:29 They may be even better.
01:31 As good as they are offensively, they could be better defensively.
01:34 And when you got a guy like Terrence Shannon Jr., he's come back, he's been playing with
01:38 Rickless and Bannerman.
01:39 I think Illinois, folks, if there's a team that can win the Big Ten besides Purdue, it's
01:45 Brad Underwood's Illinois fighting Illini.
01:47 This is a big game.
01:49 This team is playing for seeding in regards to seeding in the NCAA tournament.
01:54 I think they go to Penn State and they absolutely roll them by 15+.
02:00 Give me a fighting Illini minus the points.
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