There’s now way to get around this fact: Illinois is a bigger and more experienced team than Duke is.
Start with Kofi Cockburn. He’s 7-0 and 285. Giorgi Bezhanisvhili is 6-9 and 245. Ayo Dosunmu is 6-5 and highly athletic. Da’Monte Williams is 6-3 and 215.
In a sense, that’s kind of your classic Big Ten profile. They usually have bigger, thicker teams than ACC teams, at least generally speaking.
Or maybe that’s a stereotype. But it’s true this time, too.
This is true, too: Brad Underwood has done a great job so far at Illinois.