Tonight, late in Chicago, it’s going down!
Well, hopefully, the winning streak isn’t going down, because the Johnnies need to knock off DePaul if they do not want this sudden surge to simply be a fluke.
Why, even Five Thirty Eight is in on talking about the improbability of what is happening:
How unexpected was this sudden reversal? Our Elo power-rating data goes back to the 1949-50 season, and over that span there have been 1,207 streaks where a team won three games in a row against opponents who each had Elo ratings over 1750 — the mark of a good team.