IlliniGuys Staff
January 16, 2022
Hard to believe it's ALREADY that time of year!
We at IlliniGuys really dislike polls and bracket projections before the new year because it is...all...pure...speculation! Did you really beat the #5 in the nation? What makes YOU the 7th best team in the land? What have you done to earn that 3-seed over the next team?
Once you get to mid-January, there are still lots of question marks but you begin to see the top teams get tested by some better squads as we witnessed in the past few days. #1 Baylor enters Big 12 play and loses back to back home games. 10th ranked Michigan State gets stunned at home by Northwestern. And so it goes.
So, we submit our first of many Bracketology projections for 2022. We take teams and their resumes as they stand today; we don't attempt to project future results.
We think Auburn, Gonzaga, Arizona, and Baylor are the clear-cut top seeds as of tonight. We think Illinois deserves no worse than a 3-seed with their undefeated, first place standing in the Big Ten and their #10 rank in the NET suggests that they should be considered among the top dozen teams in the nation.
We won't visit this on a weekly basis just yet, but they will be more frequent the closer we get to March.
Illini Guys Bracketology 1.16.22
Poor 1st Half Start Sinks the Fighting Illini vs Rutgers - #458
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Ivisic Returns, 5-Star CB Commits to Illini, Shauna Green Leads Illini to 17-5, Luka Traded & Super Bowl Prediction
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Illinois Fighting Illini 2nd Half Rally Sinks Ohio State Buckeyes - #457
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Jan 31 - Hr2 - S4Ep25 - Ked's Recruiting Roundup, Jerry Palm of CBS & Game Predictions
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Jan 31 - Hr1 - S4Ep25 - RIP Efrem, Bostic's Record, Bruce Douglas & Mike Small
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Fighting Illini with an Unexpected 80-74 OT Loss to Nebraska - #456
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Heat Checks & Hail Marys - Illini Star C Out, Jerry Jones Strikes Again, & RIP Efrem Winters
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Fighting Illini 83-74 Destruction of Northwestern #455
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Jan 24 - Hour 2 - S4Ep24 - College Football, Caitlin Clark & Taylor Swift and Title IX
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Jan 24 - Hour 1 - S4Ep24 - Illini Hoops & Recruiting and David Cobb of CBS
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Fighting Illini Smashed 91-70 by Maryland - #454
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Fighting Illini Lose to Spartans 80-78 in Close but Controversial Loss #453
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Jan 17 - Hour 2 - S4Ep23 - Illini Commit Davon Grant, Ant Wright & NFL & CFP Predictions
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Jan 17 - Hour 1 - S4Ep23 - Illini Hoops - Men's & Women's
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Fighting Illini Crush the Indiana Hoosiers 94-69 on the Road #452
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