Good Morning, Illini Nation: Can there be enough defensive disruption?

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Oct. 11—Kevin Sweeney called David Mirkovic the "engine" for Illinois basketball this season during our conversation at Big Ten media day Thursday in Rosemont. That idea wasn't unexpected, but it left me curious — and mangling a mechanical metaphor. My thought, poorly delivered as it was, centered around who or what kept that engine running. "I think, for me, a lot of the questions will be ...