Almost exactly 7 years after EIU embarrassed us at Lantz Arena during an exhibition game in Underwood's first season. Never underestimate the cupcakes.
This years Oakland is definitely not last years team. They are pretty darn bad. Their scheme does not strike me as something a young team can adopt effectively early in a season.EIU is 332nd in kenpom. I think we could be without our 5 best and still comfortably win.
This is just a casual tuneup game. The actual first hurdle is Oakland.
I am guessing Brad was also using this to see more from some...I think he already has a lot of confidence in Rez and Ty and that may be why we didn't see them as much.JMO - but I think Morez is going to force his way onto the court - stealing minutes from Ben, Tre and Ty.
....The 6-foot-9, 255-pound freshman played just 13 minutes in Illinois’ 91-74 loss to No. 24 Mississippi, but he scored seven points on 3-of-4 shooting and tied Tomislav Ivisic, Tre White and Kasparas Jakucionis for the team lead with six rebounds in markedly fewer minutes....
Wait for Morez Johnson worth it for Illini
Freshman big man has been a part of the program since committing in November 2021www.news-gazette.com