Man, I just looked at Illinois' schedule for the rest of the year. Divides into 3 parts pretty easily. If they can win this week @ home vs. Minnesota, that sets them up for what should be no worse than 4-2 in the first 6, possibly 5-1 if they can win in Madison. Then they have a 5 game gauntlet against Michigan, @ MSU, Wisconsin, IU, and @ Minnesota. If they can win a minimum of 2 of those, they then have a pretty soft 7 game stretch to end the season where they should be able to go 5-2 (losses @ Michigan and OSU), putting them at 11-7 in conference. I think that's pretty realistic and probably sets them up for a 4-5 seed in the tourney.