Western Kentucky at Illinois

The Hilltoppers made a nice tourney run last year, winning two before bowing out by 10 to UCLA. Tyrone Brazelton had 31 points and Courtney Lee 18 in that game against UCLA, and unfortunately they are no longer wearing Hilltoppers uniforms. This is a much less explosive and experienced team, and they don't have the go-to duo they did a tear ago. Illinois is about as good a defensive team the Hilltoppers will have seen all year. As mentioned, Western Kentucky does not have the offense they did a year ago, and Illinois has been an under machine with 12 of their last 17 going under, so I’ll take the UNDER in this one.