No. 1 Illinois 78, Chicago St. 59
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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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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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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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Illinois' eighth consecutive week as the No. 1 team in The Associated Press' college basketball poll was its first without Kansas as No. 2.
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No. 1 Illinois seeks to match its best start since the 1989-90 season when it meets Missouri at the Savvis Center on Wednesday. All five starters scored in double figures in Illinoisâ 93-56 victory over Valparaiso on Sunday.
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CHICAGO (Sports Network) - Luther Head scored 23 points on  8-of-10 shooting to lead top-ranked Illinois to an 83-66  victory over Oregon at the United Center. Deron Williams added  17 points and seven assists in the victory.
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Davis&#39; career-high is 301 yards against Minnesota in 2002...Wisconsin was scored upon in the fourth quarter for the first time this season...The Badgers have won the last two meetings with the Illini, but Illinois still holds a 35-31-7 advantage all-time.
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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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Top-ranked Illinois had its lowest-scoring game of the season, but the Illini remained unbeaten with a 60-47 victory over Indiana on Sunday. James Augustine scored 16 points and Deron Williams' playmaking led to 24 more for Illinois (23-0, 9-0 Big Ten), which should remain the unanimous No. 1 in The Associated Press' college basketball poll for a second straight week.
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (Sports Network) - Deron Williams scored 15  points, grabbed seven rebounds and handed out seven assists to  lead No. 1 Illinois over Valparaiso, 93-56, at Assembly Hall as  part of the Las Vegas Holiday Classic.
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When the Illinois men&#39;s basketball team moved to No. 1 in The Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today Top 25 polls on Monday afternoon, it was a special moment for the program and the players.
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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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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (Sports Network) - Roger Powell, Jr.  scored a game-high 21 points and Dee Brown added 19 points and  11 assists as top-ranked Illinois cruised to an 83-63 victory  over Penn State at the Bryce Jordan Center.
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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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Illinois added to the longest winning streak in the nation and set some school history. Roger Powell Jr. went 10-for-10 from the field and scored 21 points and Dee Brown added 19 points to lead the top-ranked Illini to their 26th straight win, 83-63 over Penn State on Wednesday night.
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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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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