QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 4, 2014 -> 07:17 PM)
is only has to win the next 7 or so games and they're right back in this thing. IT CAN BE DONE.
Illinois most realistic tournament chance:
-Win the next 6. All very winnable games. Tonight will be the toughest. That gets you to 8 Big Ten wins. Lose any of these and the dream is officially over. The other 5 are Penn State, Nebraskax2, Ohio State, @Minny
-Lose at Michigan State. There's 0 chance here unless MSU can't field a team do to injuries.
-Michigan at home. Not a believer in them but we probably aren't winning this anyways.
-Lose at Iowa. No chance again here.
-Pray to the basketball gods that Mizzou only loses one more regular season game and UNLV too.
That would leave Illinois at 8 and 10 going into the conference tournament. Nebraska can't win away from home so we take a free win Day 1. Beat Ohio State day 2 and BOOM! We did it. We're going to the first four! Just have to have everything go right while also replacing a bad basketball team with a good one.