Illinois Fighting Illini
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Tate connected with Ed Hinkel on a pair of 19-yard touchdowns and scored on a five-yard run as 24th-ranked Iowa handed Illinois its 14th consecutive Big Ten Conference loss, 23-13.
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After three successive 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
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Trevon Hughes scored 22 points and Brian Butch added 16 as No. 21 Wisconsin beat Illinois 70-60 on Thursday night to give the Illini their first four-game losing streak under coach Bruce Weber.
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CHICAGO - With its starting five intact, the Illinois men&#39;s basketball team has reason to believe in its preseason billing as the favorite to repeat as Big Ten Conference regular-season champion - and even loftier goals.
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Top-ranked Illinois faced adversity for the first time this season. That means a coaching opportunity for Bruce Weber the next time he puts in a game tape.
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (Sports Network) - Luther Head scored four  of his game-high 25 points in overtime, and top-ranked Illinois  held on for a 73-68 victory over No. 23 Iowa in Big-10 action  at Assembly Hall.
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Illinois knocked one of college basketball's oldest records out of the books. The top-ranked Illini remained Division I's only unbeaten team with an 83-63 victory over Penn State on Wednesday night. Their 26th straight win is a school record, bettering the 25 in a row won from February 1914 to February 1916.
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill., (Sports Network) - Luther Head scored 26  points and pulled down eight rebounds, as top-ranked Illinois  stayed unbeaten with a 70-59 victory over No. 20 Wisconsin at  Assembly Hall.
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GAME NOTES: The biggest matchup in the Big Ten this weekend takes place in West Lafayette, Indiana as the 10th-ranked Wisconsin Badgers come calling on the fifth-ranked Purdue Boilermakers.
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (Sports Network) - Luther Head scored a  game-high 19 points and Deron Williams chipped in 11 with 12  assists to lead top-ranked Illinois over Penn State, 90-64, in  a Big Ten battle.
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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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Indiana's Eric Gordon finally gave Illinois fans something to cheer. Armon Bassett wasn't as kind. Bassett scored 11 of his 16 points in the second overtime, and No. 14 Indiana rallied to beat Illinois 83-79 Thursday even though Gordon struggled for much of the night.
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On Monday afternoon, the Illini were named the No. 1 team by both The Associated Press and Coaches Polls. They celebrated a 78-59 win over Chicago State on Monday night in front of a sold-out Assembly Hall crowd.
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Even though Illinois moved to the top of the college basketball poll for the first time in almost 16 years, the Illini were too busy preparing for Chicago State to celebrate.
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One dazzling streak ended and another endured. Top-ranked Illinois beat No. 18 Wisconsin, 75-65, last night, extending the nation's longest winning streak to 20 games and ending the nation's longest home-court winning streak at 38.
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LAS VEGAS -- No. 1 Illinois got the tuneup it wanted Thursday, grinding out a 69-51 victory over Northwestern State. &quot;I was happy with the way they made strides today,&#39;&#39; said Illini coach Bruce Weber, who
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FACTS &amp; STATS: Site: Assembly Hall (16,500) -- Champaign, Illinois. Television: ESPN. Home Record: Wake Forest 3-0, Illinois 3-0.