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Demps, Northwestern Upend No. 23 Illinois 49-43
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Tre Demps scored 11 points and made three late 3-pointers to lead Northwestern to a 49-43 upset of in-state rival No. 23 Illinois on Sunday night. Drew Crawford added 14 points...
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Illinois Falls To Purdue 66-58
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Illinois owned the lead at halftime Wednesday, and they owned an edge on the boards over Purdue that helped the Illini get there. All that changed over the next 20 minutes. The...
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Wisch: In Lost Season, Illini Freshmen Providing Hope
By Dave Wischnowsky – (CBS) Well, so much for any chance of seeing the Streaking Illini. Instead, during its first chance to string back-to-back victories together in more than a month, the Illinois...
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Wisch: The More Games, The Better For Young Illini
By Dave Wischnowsky – (CBS) For weeks – months? – the University of Illinois basketball team has been tough to watch. So much so that Illini fans could hardly be blamed for wanting the season to end...
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Wisch: Until They Don’t, Illini Still Control Tourney Destiny
By Dave Wischnowsky – (CBS) They’ve seemingly been on life support since the New Year, but like zombies on AMC, this Illinois basketball team isn’t dead quite yet. In fact, these Illini are still...
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Wisch: Suddenly, The Fun Is Back For Illini Basketball
By Dave Wischnowsky – (CBS) Late Monday morning, my buddy Danny was preparing to board a flight from Los Angeles to Chicago when he spotted a familiar face outside his gate at LAX. Bill Murray’s. A...
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Illinois Tops Indiana, Will Face Michigan In Big Ten Quarterfinals
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tracy Abrams had 25 points to lead ninth-seeded Illinois to a 64-54 win over eight-seed Indiana on Thursday in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament. The Illini (19-13) used...
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Wisch: 5 Thoughts On The Illini Basketball Schedule
By Dave Wischnowsky – (CBS) Its first game doesn’t tip off until November, but the picture of the 2014-’15 Illinois basketball team became clear this week. Or, at least, the picture of the Fighting...
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Emma: 5 Preseason Big Ten Basketball Storylines
By Chris Emma- (CBS) Basketball season is back. It unofficially began Thursday morning in Rosemont with Big Ten media day, a gathering the conference’s 14 coaches and selected players.It will be...
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Illini’s Groce: We Have ‘Excitement, Momentum’
(CBS) The Illinois basketball team may have been pegged to finish eighth in the Big Ten heading into this new season, but Illini coach John Groce isn’t selling his team short in what’s projected to be...
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Petteway Leads Nebraska Past Illinois, 53-43
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The story of Nebraska’s 53-43 win over Illinois Sunday is found in the numbers. Illinois made just 15 of 55 shots, 27.3 percent, the lowest an opponent has shot against Nebraska...
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Illinois Guard Kendrick Nunn Out For 8 Weeks With A Thumb Injury
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Illinois junior guard Kendrick Nunn will be out for about eight weeks because he needs surgery to repair a ligament in his left thumb. The Illini said Tuesday that Nunn will have...
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Illinois’ Kendrick Nunn Arrested On Suspicion Of Domestic Battery
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — University of Illinois guard Kendrick Nunn was jailed Thursday on suspicion of domestic battery after turning himself in to police, the latest of several recent allegations of...
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Illini’s Kendrick Nunn Pleads Guilty To Misdemeanor Battery
URBANA, Ill. (AP) — Illinois basketball player Kendrick Nunn has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery in a deal that eventually could see his record cleared. Champaign County State’s Attorney Julia...
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The Bernstein Brief: Illinois Must Act On Kendrick Nunn
By Dan Bernstein– CBSChicago.com senior columnist (CBS) Illinois athletic director Josh Whitman has an interesting definition of “intolerable.” Here’s what he told the News-Gazette when asked about...
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Illinois Dismisses Kendrick Nunn From Team After He Pleaded Guilty To...
(CBS) Illinois on Tuesday afternoon dismissed guard Kendrick Nunn from the men’s basketball team, less than a week after he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor battery charge stemming from an incident with...
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