The calendar has rolled over to February, which has been a relief to Illinois Fighting Illini basketball fans lately. The program has a recent track record of having January be its worst month record-wise and seeing better results in February. The overall record of this team is of course dragged down by its far-below-average 4-9 record for November and December, but the data show that this team’s January result tracks closely to the average January for Illinois over the last 10 years.
Over the past 10 seasons (including this one), Illinois averaged 2.8 wins and 5.1 losses every January, winning about 35.