No. 1 Ill. Rips Northwestern, Goes 18-0
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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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Michael Hart rushed for 234 yards and No. 14 Michigan rallied from a halftime deficit to defeat Illinois 30-19 Saturday, sending the Illini to their 12th consecutive Big Ten loss.
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LAS VEGAS (Sports Network) - Luther Head scored a game-high  18 points to lead top-ranked Illinois over Northwestern State,  69-51, in the Las Vegas Holiday Classic at Valley High School.
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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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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (Sports Network) - Roger Powell, Jr. scored  21 points and Deron Williams added 18 to lead top-ranked  Illinois to an easy 89-66 victory over the Minnesota Golden  Gophers at Assembly Hall.
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Alando Tucker scored 20 points and No. 2 Wisconsin beat Northwestern 69-52 on Saturday. The Badgers (22-2, 8-1 Big Ten) rebounded from their first conference loss of the season, a 71-66 defeat at Indiana on Wednesday that ended a 17-game winning streak.
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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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Walk-on Michael Jenkins found himself wide open in the corner, took the pass and let fly with a high-arching shot. Then, like everyone else in Welsh-Ryan Arena, he watched as the ball bounced on the rim twice and fell through just before the buzzer, giving Northwestern a stunning 75-74 overtime victory over No. 23 Iowa on Wednesday night
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Luther Head scored 17 points and Dee Brown added 15 points and nine assists as Illinois celebrated its new No. 1 ranking with a 78-59 victory over Chicago State on Monday night.
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Roger Powell Jr. scored 21 points and Deron Williams added 18, leading top-ranked Illinois to an 89-66 victory over Minnesota on Saturday.
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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.
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LAS VEGAS -- 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 past Northwestern
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Raymar Morgan scored 23 points, Drew Neitzel added 20, and No. 10 Michigan State delivered one of its best shooting performances of the season in a 78-62 victory over Northwestern on Thursday night.
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Illinois was supposed to get its first major test of the season in the John R. Wooden Tradition on Saturday. Instead, the fifth-ranked Illini turned it into another rout.
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Duke snapped the longest losing streak in the country at 22 games, beating Northwestern, 20-14, last night in Evanston, Ill.
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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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Michael Hart rushes for 234 yards and No. 14 Michigan rallies from a halftime deficit to defeat Illinois 30-19 on Saturday.