The wins haven’t happened at the pace Illinois women’s basketball coach Matt Bollant would have liked to have seen since he took the job back in March 2012. Sports editor MATT DANIELS caught up with Bollant to talk about that fact after the Illini ended the regular season on Saturday with a 74-60 loss to Indiana at State Farm Center, the Illini’s 11th straight loss, his interactions with Illinois athletic director Josh Whitman, the 2017 class he’s signed and more:
How is the team holding up amid the struggles to end the regular season?
Our schedule was a little bit easier playing Nebraska and Rutgers early and then of course we got the Iowa win at home.