Bloggystyle -- The Greatest

It was a game effort, but in the end it was too much Head as Illinois rolled past 12 seeded UWM with a double digit victory.

At first, Panther forward Joah Tucker carried the Panthers to keep it close. It didn't matter what the Illini threw at him. Deron Williams had his chance and couldn't hang with him. Neither could Dee Brown. Finally, the Illini tried to put pressure on Tucker with excitable Head, but not even Head distracted him. It was 39-32 Illini at the half, and Tucker had 19 points.

The Illini stormed out of the gates with Daron Williams running the show. Williams controlled the pace, found Head at critical times and the rout was on. With Head pressuring Tucker and McCants into mistakes, Illinois began to pull away. Brown hit everything, Augustine cleaned the glass, Powell was big and Head put his mushroom stamp on matters all over the court.

Unlike Lorena Bobbitt, the Panthers just couldn't cut it. Illinois 77-63.