13-7 in Big Ten Conference play. The Illinois Fighting Illini swept the Michigan Wolverines. They beat the conference’s top seed, the Wisconsin Badgers on the road in Madison — the only team to topple the Badgers at the Kohl Center this year. The Illini won at Penn State. They blew out the Purdue Boilermakers twice. They beat a ranked Iowa Hawkeyes team in a revenge game on Senior Night.
There is plenty of reason to celebrate Brad Underwood and his Fighting Illini’s accomplishments this season. There is still work to be done.