The main comparison has been to the 1998-1999 Illinois basketball team. That team went 11-17 in the regular season and had a 3-13 Big Ten record. 11-17 translates into a 39-percent winning rate. If the current Illinois team wants to hit that same percentage, they would have to finish the last 10 games at 6-4. This would give the current Illinois team an 8-12 conference record, which is a 40-percent winning rate compared to the 18-percent winning rate of the 1998-1999 team in conference play.
Record-wise, the two Illinois teams are fairly similar. Roster construct is a little different.