We’re a little over one-third of the way through the season, with one more non-conference game against Fairleigh Dickinson on Friday. Time to grade the non-conference results.
The Illini started the season ranked 25th in the AP poll, and 20th in Kenpom. Today they sit at 11th in the AP poll, and 9th in Kenpom. It’s fair to say the Illini have exceeded expectations.
Not only that, but the results indicate that this has been Brad Underwood’s most successful non-conference season as the head coach at Illinois. The Illini have not seen an AP poll ranking this high at the end of December since the 2012-13 season. That team was led by Brandon Paul and D.J. Richardson, who started out the season going 12-0. They peaked at No. 10 in the AP poll on Dec. 17, 2012.
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The only two blemishes on the current team’s record are against the…
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