Tennessee State at Illinois

The Tigers only have three wins, but have been on the road just about the entire season, playing the likes of Indiana (11-1), Vanderbilt (12-0) and Akron (10-2), as well as Georgia Tech. None of those big-time teams have beaten Tennessee State by more than 14. The return of Bruce Price off an ACL injury last year, and his withdrawl from the NBA draft has given them a bonafide bigtime player. Price is scoring 20.8 ppg, getting 4.5 rpg, and dishing out 5.0 apg. Jarrell Houston, a Mississippi State transfer is adding 10 ppg, and 6-9 Gerald Robinson has really improved, scoring 17.6 ppg. Add in Ladarious Weaver and his 42% three-point shooting and the Tigers can score. Offense is not the game for the Illini, as they are averaging just 67 ppg. With a competent offensive opponent, this huge spread will be most difficult to overcome so we will grab the Tigers to stay close again on the road.