John Groce and the 2013-14 Fighting Illini tipped off the season with an impressive 13-2 mark but have since dropped their last three ballgames and fallen outside the bubble in this year's 68-team March Madness field.
After road losses at Wisconsin and Northwestern, the Illini dropped a home game against a beatable Purdue team. The road doesn't get any easier, as four of Illinois' next five games come against teams ranked in the nation's top 14.
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