Why the Struggles of Illinois Basketball's Kasparas Jakucionis May Be Over

The Illini freshman hit a wall against Oakland, but one prominent voice says that's a one-and-done situation

encountered his first rough patch of the season, the effect it had on his productivity wasn't that of a speed bump but a brick wall.

"And so what happens is, when you first put the ball On the deck and you get past your first defender, you're like, 'Oh, man, I can relax,' or, you know, 'I've got an opening here.' Well, that opening is going to close quickly with a guy running at you. And it's very different, because a lot of times on help defense, you're taught to help and wait for the offense to come to you. You're not taught to run at a guy that's coming at you.

Well, until another opponent decides to throw a funky zone at Jakucionis and the Illini again, right?

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