No. 5 Illini hammer No. 1 Demon Deacons
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Illinois&#39; lead peaks at 32 points as it extends home streak to 35 victories over nonconference opponents. The Atlantic Coast Conference has won its five previous challenges with the Big Ten by an aggregate 27-17 record.
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DENNIS-YARMOUTH Coach: Paul Funk (fifth year, 21-21-1).
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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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DePaul made sure from the start the rematch with Cincinnati would be different. Quemont Greer scored 25 points and Drake Diener added 22 to lead the Blue Demons to an 85-66 victory over No. 21 Cincinnati on Saturday.
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WINSTON-SALEM - First round matchups in tournaments are supposed to be nothing more than a cake walk for a highly-ranked team. But the second-ranked Demon Deacons of Wake Forest knew Monday night&#39;s season-opening
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. Louisville topped 50 points for the fourth time this season while crushing Texas Christian 55-to-28. Stefan LaFors was 13-of-21 for 275 yards and three touchdowns while the 12th-ranked Cardinals were rolling up 587 yards of total offense.
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (Sports Network) - Roger Powell Jr. scored  19 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead fifth-ranked  Illinois to a lopsided 91-73 win over No. 1 Wake Forest in the  ACC/Big Ten Challenge at Assembly Hall.
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Illinois took an unusual route to the top of The Associated Press' men's college basketball poll. The Illini, riding their impressive win over then-top-ranked Wake Forest, vaulted from fifth to No. 1 on Monday, moving past three unbeaten teams.
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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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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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For more than 25 minutes last night, the No. 1 team in the nation looked awfully ordinary, awfully ripe for the taking. But with the national ranking the Wake Forest basketball program
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Eric Gordon and Indiana stick it to Illinois again, as the freshman, who reneged on an Illini commitment to sign with the Hoosiers, leads an Indiana rally to a 62-58 win.
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Trevon Hughes scored 22 points and Brian Butch added 16 as No. 21 Wisconsin beat Illinois, 70-60, last night in Madison, Wis., to give the Illini their first four-game losing streak under Coach Bruce Weber.
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Their three-guard lineup carried them as the No. 1 Illini remained the only undefeated team in Division I men's basketball.
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Sports Network) - Justin Gray scored  18 points and four other Wake Forest players finished in double  figures, as the sixth-ranked Demon Deacons posted an 86-75  victory over North Carolina State in Atlantic Coast Conference  play at Lawrence Joel Coliseum.
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Once again, Chris Paul and Wake Forest proved they belong with the big boys in the ACC. Louisville and Connecticut came through with key conference wins, too.