No. 1 Illinois plays it cool
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Dee Brown backpedaled with his right arm held high and wrist cocked after making a 3-pointer.
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Rather than worry about the NCAA selection process, Southern Illinois is sticking to what it can control. Jamaal Tatum and Matt Shaw had 19 points apiece and the No. 11 Salukis won their 12th in a row, 71-59 over Drake in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament on Friday. That gives them another chance to build their resume.
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No. 1 Illinois seeks to match its best start since the 1989-90 season when it meets Missouri at the Savvis Center on Wednesday. All five starters scored in double figures in Illinoisâ 93-56 victory over Valparaiso on Sunday.
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The last time top-ranked Illinois got off to this fast a start, it reached the Final Four. Luther Head scored 18 points and shot 5-for-9 from 3-point range to lead the Illini
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In the first half, Illinois trailed for 11 minutes, 20 seconds, longer than it had in its first seven games combined. In the second half, the Fighting Illini were in control buzzer-to-buzzer in a solid defense of their No. 1 ranking.
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Luther Head scored 25 points, including a driving layup with 40 seconds remaining in overtime that sealed No. 1 Illinois' 73-68 win over No. 23 Iowa on Thursday night.
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The Illini (2-0), who opened the season with wins over Lehigh and Florida A&amp;M, climbed one spot to No. 5 in The Associated Press men&#39;s basketball poll, returing to their preseason ranking after slipping one spot in the first regular-season poll.
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Illinois took an unusual route to the top of The Associated Press' men's college basketball poll.
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Illinois was No. 1 in The Associated Press' college basketball poll for the ninth straight week Monday, and for the first time the Illini were a unanimous choice.
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After going 4-19 the past two seasons, Illinois has left the tight-knit world of college football abuzz by putting together one of the nationâs best recruiting classes.
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Illinois is No. 1 in The Associated Press college basketball poll for an eighth consecutive week, earning all but one first-place vote. That ballot was cast for the new No. 2 team: Duke.
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The University of Illinois football team was looking for a turnaround Saturday at windswept Memorial Stadium. Instead, a potential upset of No.
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When the Illinois men&#39;s basketball team moved to No. 1 in The Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today Top 25 polls on Monday afternoon, it was a special moment for the program and the players.
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The top-ranked Illinois basketball team shot 54 percent Monday night, won by 26 points and improved its record to 12-0. At practice Sunday, coach Bruce Weber
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (Sports Network) - James Augustine scored a  game-high 16 points and grabbed five rebounds to lead No. 1  Illinois past Indiana, 60-47, at Assembly Hall.
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NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Illinois has played much better and has looked much better. But in grinding out a 72-60 victory over Arkansas before 13,140 rabid Razorbacks fans, the fifth-ranked Illini took another important step Saturday.
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Top-ranked Illinois tuned out chants of "Overrated!" from a raucous section of Northwestern students and showed them why the Illini are still unbeaten.