College Basketball: No. 1 Illinois Tops No. 22 Cincinnati
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LAS VEGAS (Sports Network) - Deron Williams scored 18  points to lead top-ranked Illinois to a 67-45 victory over No.  22 Cincinnati in the championship game of the Las Vegas Holiday  Classic at the Valley Athletic Complex.
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James Augustine tied his career high with 21 points as No. 1 Illinois all but abandoned its outside game for inside jumpers and layups in a 84-65 win over Ohio State in its Big Ten opener Wednesday night.
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Illinois had nothing but easy wins so far this season; the top-ranked Illini even cruised over the likes of Wake Forest and Gonzaga. For the first time this season they were pushed to final minute and it was still a victory, 70-64 over Missouri on Wednesday night.
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Top-ranked Illinois shoots 52 percent from three-point range, making 13 overall, to roll over No. 12 Michigan State, 81-68, in East Lansing, Mich., on Tuesday.
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Sporting their brand-new No. 1 ranking, Illinois reigns 14 three-pointers on Chicago State as the Illini cruise to a 78-59 triumph on Monday night.
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Anthony Tolliver had 15 points and 13 rebounds to help Creighton upset No. 11 Southern Illinois 67-61 Sunday in the championship game of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament, earning the Bluejays their seventh NCAA tournament appearance in nine years.
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Luther Head scored 20 points and No. 1 Illinois overcame foul problems, poor shooting and a second-half surge by Missouri for a 70-64 victory on Wednesday night.
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If No. 1 Illinois keeps this up, the Fighting Illini might be returning to St. Louis to finish the season. Luther Head scored 20 points, and Deron Williams had nine of his 19 points in the
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After three straight blowouts, No. 5 Illinois was looking forward to its first real test Saturday against No. 24 Gonzaga. Now it looks like the Illini will have to wait until top-ranked Wake Forest comes to Champaign, Ill.
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Illinois, off to a 7-0 start entering Thursday's game against Georgetown, felt all along it was the best team in the country.
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (Sports Network) - James Augustine scored  21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead top-ranked Illinois  to an 84-65 victory over Ohio State in the Big Ten opener for  both at Assembly Hall.
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Luther Head had a game-high 17 points and Dee Brown added 15 along with nine assists as top-ranked Illinois cruised to a 78-59 victory over in-state foe Chicago State at Assembly Hall.
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It took a while for the top-ranked Illini basketball team to find a little traction Thursday night. But when the Fighting Illini dug in â-t one point going
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Luther Head scored a season-high 26 points and No. 1 Illinois beat Northwestern 78-66 on Saturday to improve to 18-0 &#151; the best start in school history.
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Eric Gordon and No. 10 Indiana stuck it to Illinois again. The high scoring freshman, who reneged on an oral commitment with the Illini and signed instead with the Hoosiers, had 17 points and Indiana rallied from a seven-point deficit in the second half to beat Illinois 62-58 Sunday.
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INDIANAPOLIS (Sports Network) - Deron Williams and Luther Head scored 20 points apiece, Dee Brown chipped in with 17, and No. 5 Illinois routed 24th- ranked Gonzaga, 89-72, in the John R. Wooden Tradition at Conseco Fieldhouse.
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There was little celebrating when Illinois men&#39;s players found out they were ranked No. 1 in the nation yesterday afternoon. There was a game to play at night.