Kenpom's 2010-11 season predictions: Illinois 21-9, 11-7

The most useful thing about having a rating at the start of the season is that allows me to project the outcome of every scheduled game for the entire season. This will prompt a minority of you to enter a euphoric state. A higher percentage of you will wonder why we even need to play the season. (I am not sure I have an answer to that. Frankly, I'm hoping for the day that a game is played on paper, just so I can be all in-your-face to the guy who always dismisses statistical analysis by saying the games aren't played on paper.) The rest of you will send me an e-mail along the lines of "I can't believe you think (team) is going to go (W-L record)." Bring it on.

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