Truth be told, I didn’t need any help with getting my hopes up. For some reason, this time of year, I have high hopes for both the football and basketball programs. But, this year in particular, those high hopes probably won’t be dashed by midseason.
Katz did an article for NCAA.com that had 20 predictions for the 2020 NCAA tournament. As of late, NCAA tournament and Illinois basketball haven’t exactly gone hand-in-hand. Illinois just came off their sixth-straight season with no chance to win the national title. That isn’t a good feeling.
You don’t have to go very far in the Katz article to find the Illini.