Home
Forums
New Posts
Illini Basketball
Illini Football
Sports Talk
Log in
Register
What's new
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Sports
Illini Basketball
Big Ten Standings By Decade
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="champaignchris" data-source="post: 1285258" data-attributes="member: 26283"><p><a href="http://http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/" target="_blank">http://http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/</a> has a "Simple Rating System" that uses record and strength of schedule to rank teams across the years. </p><p></p><p>Shouldn't be any surprise that the '89 and '05 teams are their top rated Illinois teams by that system. The rest of the top 10 comes scattered throughout the 50s, 60s, 80s, 90s, and 00s.</p><p></p><p>Of their worst 10 Illinois teams, 7 of those 10 come from the 11 seasons between the Slush Fund Scandal and Lou Henson being hired (1967-1977). Clearly the low ebb of the program's history. Of the remaining three, two - '58 and '61 - come from the tail end of Harry Combes' great coaching career, although he had really good teams immediately before, between, and then just after those low points. His '63 team went to the Elite 8 and was ranked #8 in the final AP poll. </p><p></p><p>The other team in the bottom 10... last year's team. Sigh.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="champaignchris, post: 1285258, member: 26283"] [URL="http://http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/"]http://http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/[/URL] has a "Simple Rating System" that uses record and strength of schedule to rank teams across the years. Shouldn't be any surprise that the '89 and '05 teams are their top rated Illinois teams by that system. The rest of the top 10 comes scattered throughout the 50s, 60s, 80s, 90s, and 00s. Of their worst 10 Illinois teams, 7 of those 10 come from the 11 seasons between the Slush Fund Scandal and Lou Henson being hired (1967-1977). Clearly the low ebb of the program's history. Of the remaining three, two - '58 and '61 - come from the tail end of Harry Combes' great coaching career, although he had really good teams immediately before, between, and then just after those low points. His '63 team went to the Elite 8 and was ranked #8 in the final AP poll. The other team in the bottom 10... last year's team. Sigh. [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Sports
Illini Basketball
Big Ten Standings By Decade
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn more…