Illinois Basketball: Champaign, We Have a Problem

For the Illinois basketball team, the season has been a tale of two halves.

So far, the Illini have been unable to put together a complete game. Soon, the season will be considered a loss if the they can’t get it together on both sides of the court and during both halves of the game.

The Illini have lost the first half of every regular season game so far this season, being outscored by a total of 197 to 156. The Illini have won the second half of every game, outscoring its opponents 223 to 190.

So how does Groce correct this first half problem?

Obviously the Illini have been hampered by injuries and by the fact that they haven’t had a true home game yet. None-the-less, outside of the North…