After another home-cooked whooping, this time over 13th ranked Purdue, ESPN projects Illinois as a 4 seed in the tournament (click post title to visit ESPN's bracketology page).
At 7-4 in the Big Ten, Illinois is tied for 2nd with Ohio State, two games behind Michigan State. If they can keep close to MSU the rest of the way, the teams' March 1 matchup in Champaign will be a dandy (yeah, I said it: dandy. You got a problem with that?). U of I has won 10 straight home games, including every conference home game, but has struggled on the road. A 4 seed would surpass even the expectations of the Orange Krush. This week, they take to the road against Northwestern (Thursday) and Indiana (Sunday). They need to find a way to generate some momentum on the road, and playing the 9th and 11th place teams won't hurt.
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