How big is Kofi Cockburn? So big, there’s a simple solution to a typically rugged Big Ten double-team in the post, and that is either the 7-foot, 285-pound Illinois junior’s left shoulder or his right one.
On Wednesday at Rutgers, Cockburn turned left, used the shoulder to knock a pair of defenders off their heels, dunked one-handed and drew a foul for the Illini’s first three points. By the time the Scarlet Knights blinked, the best center in college basketball had scored twice more on the way to yet another 20-point, 10-rebound game — his school-record 42nd double-double, the most by any NCAA player over the last three seasons.
