The NIT Tipoff anticipated pairing unbeaten teams when No. 19 West Virginia meets Illinois at Barclays Center on Thursday.The Mountaineers (3-0) head to Brooklyn, N.Y., having done their part with a series of lopsided victories, but on Monday the Illini (4-1) squandered a 10-point lead in the final three minutes of regulation en route to an 84-80 loss in overtime to Winthrop.It couldnt have went any worse for us in that 10-point run, Illinois coach John Groce said. Everythings got to go wrong for us and right for them for that to happen. We had a chance to close and didnt.Forward Malcolm Hill, who is building on a season in which he became the first Illini player to record 600 points, 200 rebounds and 100 assists, has become more perimeter-minded this campaign. 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I cant be frustrated to the point of where I throw up my hands and not anythings going on. Its my job. Thats why they hired me here. Ive got to find a solution to our problems. Ive got to find a solution to why were turning the ball over. Ive got to find a solution as to why we cant go into the game with a defensive plan and stick to it. Its very frustrating, yeah. But there have got to be solutions.Despite high expectations heading into last season, an injury-riddled Pelicans team lost its first six games and 11 of its first 12 before ultimately finishing a disappointing 12th in the Western Conference at 30-52. Davis missed a career-high 21 games, including the final 14 of the campaign to undergo an ultrasonic debridement of his left knee.Im not worried about last year, Davis ssaid.dddddddddddd. Im focused on this year, trying to get a win. But its frustrating. Whatever we need to do, we need to do it fast.Despite Davis strong play, the Pelicans entered Tuesdays game ranked second to last in the NBA in offensive efficiency and last in 3-point shooting. New Orleans shot a season-high 34.6 percent from the 3 line against the Bucks, but its 14th-ranked defense allowed 58 points in the paint and a backbreaking 3-pointer to Giannis Antetokounmpo to extend its deficit to five points with 1:34 left to play.We played hard, but we got to start playing a lot smarter, Gentry said. We just have too many defensive breakdowns. Were not talking, so were not switching where were supposed to [and were] leaving open 3-point shooters. Were not talking on back screens, so we end up giving up a layup. These are all things that are very correctable and things that we go over every day that we just got to get better at. Theres no excuse for not talking defensively.The Pelicans, who are without starters Jrue Holiday (personal), Tyreke Evans (right knee) and Quincy Pondexter (left knee) to start the season, are one of five NBA teams still without a win and one of two teams with four losses.As far as our team goes, our margin of error is slim, said Pelicans point guard Tim Frazier. We got one guy that can go out there and get a bucket, get 50 points. But other than that, us other guys just need to step up. ' ' '