For most of the game, things weren’t pretty — it was a dogfight for Notre Dame basketball. It was all you could ask for out of two extremely young teams with a will to win.
Illinois has already fell victim to a difficult schedule, making their record seem worse than it actually is. Notre Dame, on the other hand, will have their loss to Radford hanging over their heads for the rest of the season.
There have been growing pains for these two teams, and Tuesday night was no exception.
Illinois might be young but they’re pesky on defense.