Rout-gers (12-03-21)

Illinois basketball starts off Big Ten play with an impressive 86-51 blowout of Rutgers at the State Farm Center. Mike Carpenter does an impromptu postgame podcast, heaping praise on a total team effort and the remarkable improvement in just a week's time. Alfonso Plummer scored 24, Kofi recorded a double-double, Hawkins shut down Ron Harper Jr., while most everyone added something on an eventful night in Champaign.