Note: Wear White. Or don't. I have my doubts that this is going to work. THE ESSENTIALS WHAT #72 Michigan (7-10, 2-4 B10) vs #12 Illinois (12-4, 3-2 B10) WHERE Crisler Center Ann Arbor, MI WHEN 8:30 PM THE LINE Kenpom: ILL-5 Torvik: ILL-4 TELEVISION FS1 (streaming link) THE OVERVIEW Michigan Basketball won a game, and football promptly lost JJ McCarthy to the NFL and Amorion Walker to Ole Miss (do not check those timelines). Such is the vibe around the hoops program, and has been so ever since Michigan's academic tweeds nixed Terrence Shannon's transfer. Illinois had no such compunctions about the hit to their academic reputation, but had as much trouble filling the other four starting roles with Players as Michigan did of finding someone to fill Shannon's shoes. The ridiculous but true narrative of last season for both squads was how unfortunate it was that they couldn't just combine forces. The other narrative is Juwan Howard hasn't beaten Brad Underwood