No, Cuonzo Martin won't simply be trolling Illinois fans when he starts former Illini Mark Smith and one-time Illini signees Jeremiah Tilmon and Javon Pickett in Saturday's Braggin' Rights game.
Those three have been in the Tigers' lineup all season long. It just makes for quite a storyline when Illinois and Missouri square off at 7 p.m. at what's now the Enterprise Center.
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Both fan bases aren't shy about raining boos from what (after a quick perusal on Ticketmaster) should be another near capacity crowd.