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No. 6 seed Illinois glad to be sent to ‘Big Ten country’ in Milwaukee for its NCAA Tournament opener

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Illinois coach Brad Underwood says he loves the location of his team’s NCAA Tournament draw.

The Illini earned the No. 6 seed in the Midwest Region and will play their first -round game Friday in Milwaukee .

The No. 11 seed will play the winner of the First Four game between Texas and Xavier .

The game will be played in Dayton , Ohio .

Jakuionis is the Illinois star, a potential high first -round NBA draft pick from Croatia .

But the Illini have four other players averaging double-digit scoring: Iviši, Riley , Boswell and White.

“We’ve got to be better than that, and that’s what we’ll spend a lot of time talking about in the next couple of days ”.