Welcome to Illinois basketball. Make the game ugly and drag other teams down to your level...which is why I picked them to win two games in the tournament. Illinois tried to give them 5 easy points to end the half and momentum, thank God that long 3 didn't go in. 29-21 at the half. I'll take it all day. Keep playing strong D in the 2nd half and we are in very good shape. Go Big Ten. Which is hard to say with Purdue and Illinois playing, but I really expect the Illini to win. They've played much better as the season progressed. The ACC hasn't looked that great so far in the tournament and the Big Ten has been pretty solid so I think both of those trends bodes well for the Illini. Looks like Texas is up on the possible upset chopping block.