Try to explain this Illinois team. You can’t.
Following an impressive four-game winning streak that had many fans believing they had finally figured it out and were primed for the success many expected in the preseason, the Illini were utterly dominated Thursday in their home building by a depleted Indiana team, 80-65.
It just made no sense. Coming into the game, Illinois was defending at an extremely high level and, all of a sudden, an Indiana team sitting a measly 2-4 in Big Ten play walks into State Farm Center and puts up 80 points on 1.