This double-bye business is nice. It’s a reward for all of Illinois’ hard work, finishing first/second* in the Big Ten regular season. Considering all of the craziness that happened a year ago to the day, if there’s one thing basketball fans across the country can agree on it’s this: We won’t ever take for granted again life’s luxuries of enjoying some postseason college hoops.
At 5:30 p.m. Thursday on Big Ten Network, the 10th seed Indiana Hoosiers square off against the 7th seed Rutgers Scarlet Knights. Illinois will play the winner of that game on Friday at 5:30 p.