For Illinois to win, we have to have our offense and defense show up. We aren't big enough or talented enough this year to win otherwise. The defense showed up last night, the offense didn't. I honestly don't care that WI shot 51% from the field and 50% from 3 when we turn them over 17 times, mind you they were top 5 in the nation in TO/game.
When the offense and defense don't show up, we can get beat by anyone. When the offense and defense show up, we can play with anyone. That's what this team is. After last year and given how young our team is, I'm ok with that. I'm still not on board that AG, Samba, and Jones should have gotten more time last night. Happ would have eaten Samba alive, AG is just too TO prone and a liability defensively to play in a winnable game, and Jones shows flashes but is still a liability in decision making. He's the one I'm ok with seeing a little more time though.