Illinois should be much better this year than they have been in the past decade. We actually have talent on the floor who can take us to the NCAA tournament. I like what we have for depth as well. This team is geared toward making some noise come March. That is the way NCAA.com contributor and Big Ten Network analyst Andy Katz sees it as well.
Katz recently posted his top 36 teams heading into the 2019-2020 campaign. He included Illinois on this list at No. 21. Those are some lofty goals for a team that hasn’t sniffed the postseason in quite some time.