Did Illinois really do enough this weekend to make it in the dance as an at-large?
March 14, 2010 11:04 AM
The Illini beat Wisconsin and then took Ohio State to overtime in the Big Ten tournament ... but with Minnesota and Mississippi State still fighting for automatic bids on Sunday, there isn't much room on the bubble.
Illinois is one of the weirdest cases for the committee: It lost six of its final eight games, and its RPI (at 72) is terrible. But it has a killer resume of quality wins -- Clemson and Wisconsin on the road, Wisconsin again on a neutral floor, and Michigan State and Vanderbilt in Champaign. I'd put the Illini in the field, but I feel like their real chances are 50-50.
Luke Winn
Illinois is one of the weirdest cases for the committee: It lost six of its final eight games, and its RPI (at 72) is terrible. But it has a killer resume of quality wins -- Clemson and Wisconsin on the road, Wisconsin again on a neutral floor, and Michigan State and Vanderbilt in Champaign. I'd put the Illini in the field, but I feel like their real chances are 50-50.
Luke Winn
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