The Most Embarrassing Way For A Great College Basketball Team To Lose

No. 1 Indiana was supposed to destroy Illinois.

In each of the last five weeks, the No. 1 ranked team in college basketball lost a game. Last night in Champaign, it was unheralded Illinois knocking off Indiana, thanks to some of the worst corner inbound defense in the history of basketball. Let’s break it down.

2. Cody Zeller is Indiana’s star center. Zeller normally patrols the paint, as centers do.

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11. Here’s the whole play.

Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=lgqoWdehxM0.