The News-Gazette compiled stats from the 13 other starting point guards in the Big Ten to see how they stack up with Jaylon Tate and Khalid Lewis, who average a combined 5.8 points and 5.9 assists per game. Scott Richey didn't make any conclusions from the data, but I'll suffice to say that Illinois is clearly at the bottom of the conference here.
The closest player (note: singular) on the list was Purdue's P.J. Thompson, who averages 5.8 points and 2.8 assists per game. Luckily for the Boilermakers, they have fifth-year transfer Johnny Hill (5.3 points, 2.