It will be close we have more talent they have been playing better. I fully expect to lose but I am hopeful they pull together and control the game and steal one to make up for the home loss.
We are back to waiting for the top tier to lose again and meanwhile we are in a must win until they do. If the league leaders keep losing it will only make these past two games look expected instead of being tagged upsets or bad losses.
if the league leaders keep losing, the big ten might drop from an 8 bid league to a 6 bid league...which in all likelyhood could mean we're NIT bound by the way we've looked and played recently
the top teams in the league losing a lot of conference games is not necessarily a good thing. the illini are a middle tier conference team this year in the 5-8 range. basically, we need to beat teams like purdue, indiana, minny (unfortunately we don't play IND or MINNY AT HOME)
i see us going either 5-6 or 6-5 with our remaining games...leaving us likely on the bubble and in need of 1 big ten tourney win to feel good about our chances
