Everything in place for ascendance to the top of the conference....except the players size and skills. Love the defensive emphasis and playing 10 guys. Let's see what happens next season, who returns, and who steps up. Hope BU can recruit a big to help inside, but that is unlikely. Things really looking up if players will come.
Unfortunately, regardless of the improvement, this team will not win the B1G tournament as the advantages of the teams at the top, especially MSU, has miniscule likelihood of being able to be overcome. Nevertheless, the improvement in play of the youngsters is evident and will, hopefully, continue. Loved watching this team play and compete to the max every night. Thank you Illini.