Indiana likely punched its ticket to the 2022 NCAA tournament with a 65-63 win over top-seeded Illinois on Friday in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals.
Here are five takeaways from the win over the Fighting Illini:
Trayce Jackson-Davis holds his own against Kofi Cockburn
Through Indiana’s last four matchups against Kofi Cockburn and Illinois, Trayce Jackson-Davis had been outplayed by the Fighting Illini’s All-American. Illinois had also won each of those four matchups.
But just as Jackson-Davis did on Thursday when he found his footing against Michigan’s Hunter Dickinson, the Center Grove product was able to hold his own against Cockburn.