Illinois Basketball’s New Year’s Resolutions

Mike Granse-USA TODAY SportsDecember 31: A time for reflection.

While shaving off 10 pounds or getting a new job is going to be really hard for you, it’s crazy easy to gift New Year’s resolutions to friends and family, and it’s even easier to hand them out to people you don’t know personally but have a fantastical amount of happiness tied to.

The Illinois Men’s Basketball program hasn’t followed the trajectory we’ve hoped for over the past year. While the freshman class is talented and shows future potential, the on-court maturation and system adoption hasn’t passed the eye test nor earned wins. At the same time, recruit after recruit has bridesmaided Illinois to take his talents elsewhere…