Dee Brown

We, you know, championship level programs, great hires.

But men's basketball, Illinois basketball is special.

And to see where it is today is just amazing to be a fan.

It's amazing to be an alum.

And I'm just so happy with the program is today.

I really am.

We got to get timely stops.

Our defense got to be locked in.

If we're not making shots, our defense got to be where it was against Houston.

We got to be dominant on the defensive side, no matter if the shots are going in or not.

I think our biggest strength is our rebounding.

You know, Brad does a great job of controlling glass.

You know, we attack the offensive glass at times.

That's our primary offense is getting off the glass after shooting long shots.

But I think our shooting and our size, you know, we skilled at every position with that size.

So we got skilled players.

We can shoot the basketball.

I just hope our defense is locked in.

If our defense is locked in and once we start making shots, we are tough out each and every night.

Well, we're only going to talk about the 26 team.