Per Barttorvik, Illinois might finish 23-8, 14-6 with losses to MSU, Purdue, and Wisconsin and flirting heavily with being a 5 seed in the BTT. We really need to find a way to win 1 of those 3 games. And also not lose to Maryland again which will be a challenge. Not to mention playing Iowa on the road is never easy.
A lot of games still to be played but we are going to have to beat a couple ranked teams if we want to get off the 4-5 seed line for the NCAA tournament. We have that classic 4/5 seed resume.
Honestly we may have a better shot at beating Purdue at home than to beat MSU or Wisky on the road.