The Illini were given the No. 1 seed in the Chicago Regional because it’s expected that they are fluent in the tango, waltz, flamenco and even the cha cha.

Teams such as Fairleigh Dickinson, Texas or Nevada are looking for a chance to pose as this year’s Cinderella, and show up their older sister and dance longer into the night than the Illini.

Here is a look at the three teams in the Indianapolis pod with Illinois.

Is there a reason one of these teams can slip on CInderella’s slipper?

Fairleigh Dickinson -16 seed

Head coach Tom Green never hosted his own show on MTV, but he will still be looking forward to nothing but falling ratings. The game against Illinois was moved to the late game so that the nation would have an opportunity to watch the Stylin’, Smilin’, “whatever, they are damn exciting to watch” Illini. While the game will start off exciting, Fairleigh Dickinson will struggle to keep the game within reach.

Green’s style of play is to push the tempo and to apply an aggressive full court press. Green will probably not change his style going into the tournament, even if it plays into Illinois’ strengths.

Nevada – 9 seed

Bracket Busters who are looking to pick this years big upset have been taking this Nevada team over Illinois. Nevada was dangerous last year when they were led by Kirk Snyder into the Sweet Sixteen.

Last year, Nevada knocked out powers Michigan State and Gonzaga and came close to knocking off the eventual tournament runner-up Georgia Tech, losing 72-67.

What should scare Illini fans is Nevada is better this year. The Wolfpack has won 20 of their last 23 games.

Nevada is led by its talented front court duo of senior Kevinn Pinkney and sophomore Nick Fazekas. The two of them have scored nearly 50 percent of the teams total points this year and together account for 23 double doubles.

Good thing for the Illini front court who led the Illini to the Big Ten Tournament Championship.

Fazekas has averaged 21.4 points per game and 9.4 rebounds, allowing him to easily win the WAC Player of the Year award. If Nevada wins their opening round game against Texas, be assured that Bruce Weber will properly warn his team of the danger it can pose.

Texas – 8 seed

Texas started out this season with a lot of potential and Final Four aspirations. That was until star sophomore forward P.J. Tucker could not maintain a high enough GPA, and freshman forward LaMarcus Aldridge was sidelined with a hip injury.

Texas is strong inside without Aldridge, because of junior forward Brad Buckman.

Rick Barnes is a great coach – Texas reached the Final Four just two year’s ago. Barnes has used that years exposure to bring in an incredible influx of talent. The most highly heralded freshman recruit, includes freshman guard Daniel Gibson. Gibson averaged 14.4 points per game, and despite his age stepped up in big games.