We hit the 21-win mark in a season. That is the first time that has happened since the 2012-13 campaign where we also won 21 games and made it to the second round of the NCAA tournament. The Illini won 13 Big Ten regular season games. That hasn’t happened since we went to the national title back in 2004-05.
There were so many things this season that kept Illini fans going. It is sad to see everything end the way it has, but there are always things we can hang our hat on. Illinois improved as a team in so many areas this past season.