1. What is the team doing now?
The bulk of the players' time this spring is spent with strength and conditioning coach Adam Fletcher. He gets six hours per week with the team. The Illinois coaches get just two.
"It's a big time for improvements and a big time for them to get bigger and stronger as Fletch works his magic," Illinois coach Brad Underwood said.
But those two hours the coaching staff works with the players each week are important, too. Typically split into three 40-minute segments working with two or three players at a time, Underwood said the spring is about fundamentals and minimizing weaknesses.