Rahimi Harrison

But I tell you what, they're getting a really good Wisconsin team that's been playing really, really good basketball and is really great offensively.

So it's going to be a test of Illinois' defense, which is the weak point of this team.

Well, Illinois has a huge advantage in the front court in this matchup.

Wisconsin is not that strong in the front court, and their best player, Nolan Winter, is out for this game.

He's averaging about 13.8 rebounds.

So they have a huge advantage.

They need to take advantage of that in the front court.

But Austin Rapson playing really well for them, a good stretch big man.

But Wisconsin's backcourt duo is the best in the Big Ten.

Nick Boyd and John Blackwell, they put up, I think it was 45, 50 points against Illinois in that one.

Illinois had a 12-point lead, guys, with eight minutes left in regulation, and they just could not get any stops against Boyd and Blackwell.

But the difference you hope today is Kylan Boswell was out that game with a broken hand, and Andrei Staryakovich was out that game with an injury as well.

which has struggled to stop good guards.

Wisconsin got a scare yesterday from Washington as Washington had 20 offensive rebounds.

Illinois is one of the best offensive rebound teams in the country.

So even if you miss shots, getting them back and being able to take advantage of that on offense is going to be huge.

For an Illini team, that's the biggest in the country and one of the best offensive rebound teams in the country.

It's a great question, Laila, and I think we'll find that out here in March.

I do think it's his most talented because it's the biggest team he's had.

I think it's the best front court he's had.