The ironic part is that to me, besides Illinois' size (which was an issue all night), the biggest mistakes were the three passes intercepted and run back for uncontested slam dunks stuck out to me. Great anticipatory defense by Illinois. Doesn't really matter though. It was an even game and would be a fun 7 game series. However, in the one game that counted, Iowa State could have won the game with a little more of this or that, but Illinois deserved to win because of their little more of this or that. The Offense vs. Defense strengths / weaknesses evened out in my opinion.