"I think playing three guards is going to be good for us," Illini sophomore Trent Frazier said.
Why not? College basketball has become a guard's game.
We saw that again in the 2018 Final Four, whether referring to Villanova's champions or the Midwest representatives Michigan and Loyola Chicago.
So it's OK that Brad Underwood's 2018-19 Illini team is guard-heavy. As we saw in Friday night's 83-67 defeat of Illinois Wesleyan, this club is at its best when Frazier, freshman Ayo Dosunmu and junior college transfer Andres Feliz are on the court. Those three combined to convert 20 of 31 shots for 52 points in a combined 79 minutes against the Titans.