Illinois 96, Augustana 62: What we learned

Illinois is off to a 5-0 start after defeated D-III Augustana at home. Here’s the top takeaways.

1. Augustana is certainly a D-III School

Augustana, from Rockford, Illinois, is one of the better D-III schools in the nation. They made it to the National Title game last season and finished D-III runners-up.

That being said Augustana sure looked like a D-III team playing a major conference D-I squad. Augie made 29 turnovers, and gave up 36 points off those turnovers. They were sloppy with the ball and struggled to get shots off on the night, only attempting 46 field goals compared to 68 from Illinois.

This was always going to be a loss for them. They are still a great program and we wish them all…