CHAMPAIGN, IL - MARCH 08: Ayo Dosunmu #11 of the Illinois Fighting Illini is seen during the game against the Iowa Hawkeyes at State Farm Center on March 8, 2020 in Champaign, Illinois. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images)
The Illinois basketball team fell to the Missouri Tigers 81-78 in the annual Braggin’ Rights game on Saturday night.
This one stings…a lot. The Illini were ranked as the No. 6 team in the nation heading into Saturday night’s battle against an unranked 4-0 Missouri Tigers team. After the huge win over Duke on Wednesday, the performance against the Tigers was disappointing, to say the least.