Imagine the world as it was on Jan. 17. Illinois had just lost two in a row to Maryland and Ohio State to drop to 9-5 (5-3). Unfortunately, I can’t remember anything else important that’s happened since then. Let me think about it. Nope! Still nothin’.
What if I told you on Jan. 17 that over Illinois’ next six games, four would be decided by seven points or less, and two would be head to overtime? Would you take it, or would you roll the dice again?
I would’ve rolled again. In this hypothetical, in which I can control the outcome of basketball games by shooting dice, I would’ve assumed that the OT games were against Iowa and Wisconsin, and that the other two close games would’ve been against Indiana and Penn State.