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    Illinois 98, Penn State 81 Postgame

    Good game - as I suspected, we had NO answer for Kofi... And an interim coach who tried to put a 6'4 player on him at times (I wonder if Garza will hit 40 against PSU?). Illinois has the tools to have a very good season this year. I'm glad to see that you're back, as a program. It was odd to...
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    Pregame: Illinois at Penn State, Wednesday, December 23rd, 5:30pm CT, BTN

    Sorta like Talor Battle (he is back, btw, on staff now)? ;-) Did you see his little brother, Boo Buie (for Northwestern) go off against MSU last night?
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    Pregame: Illinois at Penn State, Wednesday, December 23rd, 5:30pm CT, BTN

    Style is uptempo, run run run. The interim coach had the 4th highest-scoring offense in D1 when he was the HC at LIU-Brooklyn 10 years ago. Luckily, the PSU roster lends decently to that style of play this year.... but, I'm not convinced that that style of play can do anything in the B10.
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    Pregame: Illinois at Penn State, Wednesday, December 23rd, 5:30pm CT, BTN

    We were up by about 20 against them and then fell apart, totally gave that game away at the end. This will be a fight... we have some good defensive guards and cause a lot of turnovers. Cockburn will eat us alive though... I envision him getting whatever he wants and certainly a double-double...