Good Morning, Illini Nation: Hustle plays

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Hell offer up insights every morning on Brad Underwoods team and college basketball at large: Illinois coach Brad Underwood had plenty to be pleased with after his team's 90-77 victory against No.

19 Arkansas on Thursday in Kansas City, Mo.

It's quite the list: At the top of the in-game successes that pleased Underwood the most, however, was the fact basically any time there was a loose ball on the floor Illinois came up with it instead of Arkansas.

The hustle play was made repeatedly.

"We talked about it in the locker room," Underwood said.

"There were four opportunities to get on the floor, and we were the first one on the floor every single time.

We can talk about what actions we ran and who made the shot.

Those are the plays that will ultimately keep you moving forward in March in the NCAA tournament.

We built our program on that, and that's our culture.

Every possession is a little battle, and to get extra opportunities was huge.

We had a lot of guys make a lot of really good plays.".

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