Hello, Illinois Fighting Illini fans! After winning the Big Ten Championship (way to go Illini!). Illinois drew the #3 seed in the East Regional. Their first round matchup is vs. Morehead State...
The moment of truth has arrived! Print out my bracketology from last week please, and then rip it up. Because so much of what I said about the bubble has been rendered irrelevant with all the bid...
https://www.thechampaignroom.com/2024/3/17/24104218/final-bracketology
Hello, Illinois Fighting Illini basketball fans! I hope you're enjoying the Big Ten Championship game! So after this is over, Illinois will find out where they will be seeded, what region th...
Home stretch babaaaay! This will be the penultimate bracketology of the year, and last one that doesn't mean anything (ok, next week my bracket doesn't mean anything either, but I get my final ex...
https://www.thechampaignroom.com/2024/3/11/24097466/bracketology-3-11
So, remember last week when I opened with wanting to move up the 4 line to increase our chances of getting across from the last 4 seed? Something else I didn't mention that would help greatly to ...
https://www.thechampaignroom.com/2024/3/4/24090942/bracketology-3-4
So, what does a brutal loss at Penn State mean for our seeding? As bad as it felt, a road game at Penn St. is still solidly a Quad 2 game, so it doesn't hurt toooo much and I have us dropping fro...
https://www.thechampaignroom.com/2024/2/26/24083348/bracketology-2-26
So we got a glimpse of what the committee is thinking with their top 16 reveal. I didn't think there was anything crazy with their picks, but I had two observations: They seem to be valuing good ...
https://www.thechampaignroom.com/2024/2/19/24077258/bracketology-2-19
If everyone in college basketball loses, how do you adjusts seeds accordingly? It is pretty wild how much parity there is in college basketball this season. That stat they showed during the Illin...
https://www.thechampaignroom.com/2024/2/12/24070505/bracketology-2-12
So, for the past few years, learning the selection committee's process and making my own brackets has become a bit of a hobby of mine. The exercise of comparing 80-100 teams with a realistic shot...
https://www.thechampaignroom.com/2024/2/5/24062170/bracketology-2-5
Hello, Illinois Fighting Illini fans! Congratulations to Illinois for winning a share of the Big Ten regular season title this year and for their second consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance....
Illinois is hoping to start the Bret Bielema era off with a bang. His first challenge? Winning a game in conference against Nebraska. Bielema is coming in with a roster than can be described a...
https://www.thechampaignroom.com/2021/8/23/22638891/illinois-favored-to-start-the-season-0-1
What is happening? Illinois just beat #2 Michigan and #7 Ohio State on the road in the same week, and in BOTH games we were not the favorite to win. They have won 10 of their last 11. All this, ...
https://www.thechampaignroom.com/2021/3/7/22318840/unbelievable
Hello, Illinois Fighting Illini Fans! After Illinois's huge win at the Michigan Wolverines on Tuesday, there's no rest in the Big Ten for the Illini as they today travel to Columbus to take on...
Illinois did have a top ten team in action this weekend. Many of you are probably thinking the basketball team was top ten, but dropped to #22 in the last poll and they don't play until next Frid...
https://www.thechampaignroom.com/2021/1/23/22245916/top-ten-illinois-team
Hello, Illinois Fighting Illini Fans! Today (or tomorrow depending on where Illlinois was assigned) Illinois was supposed to be playing in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2013. Bu...
https://www.thechampaignroom.com/2020/3/19/21187725/schmolik-64-millennium-tournament