Jubilation. Excitement. Revelry. Those are just a few things that the above picture encapsulates. The Illinois Fighting Illini scored a thrilling late comeback win, 73-68, over Ohio State in Columbus on Saturday afternoon. The regular season is complete and Illinois heads into next week’s Big Ten Tournament at 20-6 overall, 16-4 in league play. Let’s review this team’s notable achievements.
- Brad Underwood’s Illini finished with the most Big Ten wins in program history — the national runner-up team in 2004-05 had a better winning percentage (.9375) but there were only 16 conference games at that time.