The Illinois basketball team is chugging along right now, sitting at 12-3 overall and 3-1 in the Big Ten.
Heading into a ranked matchup in Iowa City against the Hawkeyes, the Illini are sitting in a great position for the NCAA tournament. Being ranked in the top 20 should get you a top-five seed in March, and right now, that is in line with where Joe Lunardi has the Orange and Blue.
In the most recent rendition of his yearly bracketology predictions, Lunardi has Illinois currently as a No.