EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Walter McCarty will tell you this isn't exactly like the NBA where teams might face each other on back-to-back nights or twice in the same week.
Still, the Evansville first-year head coach knows playing Illinois State for the second time in 14 days takes the guessing out of it for both teams.
ISU shoots for a season sweep of the Purple Aces at 1 p.m. Saturday in a Missouri Valley Conference game at the Ford Center. The Redbirds downed Evansville, 58-46, in a defensive slugfest two weeks ago in Normal.
"We should be able to understand what they do and do well and hope we retain some of that since we last played them.