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MSU Men’s Basketball: Illinois Preview and Game Thread

Where: Breslin Center, East Lansing, MI

When: 8:00 pm (EST)

TV/Radio: FS1/Spartan Sports Network radio

Illinois 9-4 (1-1): #43 (Kenpom)

Depth Chart:

1 - Trent Frazier (6’2” jr)
2 - Ayo Dosunmu (6’5” so), Andres Feliz (6’2” sr)
3 - Da’Monte Williams (6’3” jr), Alan Griffin (6’5” so)
4 - Giorgi Bezhanishvili (6’9” so), Kipper Nichols (6’6” sr), Tevian Jones (6’7” so)
5 - Kofi Cockburn (7’0” fr)

Scout:

Illinois has been building for a few years now under... Underwood. This is his best squad, he has players at every position (even if some have under-performed thus far this year), and he has a major match-up problem for opponents in his freshman behemoth Cockburn.