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10th-seeded Colorado takes on No. 7-seeded Illinois in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at Erwin Center on Friday. It gets started at 4:40 p.m. ET and you can catch it on TNT. The Buffaloes have not played the Fighting Illini since the 1987-88 season, when they lost 86-68.
In their last outing, despite 18 points from Spencer Dinwiddie, the Buffaloes fell to Arizona 79-69 on Mar. 14. On top of his scoring average of 15.6 points per game, he delivers 3.2 rebounds per game. The Fighting Illini were defeated by Indiana 80-64 on Mar. 15 despite 16 points from Tracy Abrams. He leads the team in assists with 3.3 per game and steals with 1.4 per game. StatSmack! Colorado is better than Illinois
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In their last outing, despite 18 points from Spencer Dinwiddie, the Buffaloes fell to Arizona 79-69 on Mar. 14. On top of his scoring average of 15.6 points per game, he delivers 3.2 rebounds per game. The Fighting Illini were defeated by Indiana 80-64 on Mar. 15 despite 16 points from Tracy Abrams. He leads the team in assists with 3.3 per game and steals with 1.4 per game. StatSmack! Colorado is better than Illinois
- Even computers respect Colorado more. Colorado has a better RPI this season than Illinois (RPI: No. 36 vs. No. 39).
- You'll do better on next semester's exams, right? Colorado currently has a higher Academic Progress Rate (962 to 952) than Illinois, per the NCAA.
- The Pac-12 has 2 teams - Oregon (8.7) and UCLA (8.3) - that create more steals per game than the Big Ten leader, Michigan State (8.2).
- Colorado has a much lower in-state cost per year according to Kiplinger than Illinois ($21,051 vs. $24,554).
| CU Players | Mins | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | |
| A- | Andre Roberson | 34 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| B+ | S. Dinwiddie | 33 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| B | Josh Scott | 29 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| B | Askia Booker | 32 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| B- | Xavier Johnson | 23 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| C | Sabatino Chen | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| C- | Beau Gamble | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C- | Ben Mills | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C- | Jeremy Adams | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D+ | Xavier Talton | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D+ | Eli Stalzer | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D+ | S. Harris-Tunks | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Illini Players | Mins | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | |
| A- | Brandon Paul | 0 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| B+ | D.J. Richardson | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| B | Tracy Abrams | 28 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| B- | Nnanna Egwu | 25 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| C+ | Joseph Bertrand | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| C+ | Tyler Griffey | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| C | Sam McLaurin | 21 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| C | Myke Henry | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D+ | Devin Langford | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | Mike Shaw | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | Kevin Berardini | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | Mike LaTulip | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | Ibby Djimde | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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