Illinois #14 in 1/29 AP Poll

Navy_illini said:

To beat Purdue you shut down their guards, hope they have a bad night, and limit the rebounds they get other than other than Edey

No one will match up with Edey. You can beat PU if Edey scores 30 but you can’t have the supprting cast have multiple double digit scorers

Every team is very beatable this year and there is not much of a difference between number 4 and 36. So it will come down to matchups and hopefully a favorable bracket if you want to go far in March

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I'm not sure there's a blueprint. In the Northwestern loss Edey went for 35. (your approach) In the Nebraska loss, he only had 15. Nebraska got them to take a bunch of 3's (quick doubles), rather than feed him the ball. (they went 13-33 from deep) Nebraska also hit 14 3's at a 60% rate, which helps...

Purdue is a real conundrum when they play their game, especially when someone other than Edey and Smith steps up. Their dismantling of Wisconsin in Madison was an impressive performance. Jones has been terrific of late. Wisconsin is a really solid squad with a ton of experience & despite some really inspired play down the stretch (especially by Wahl), they just didn't have enough.