One of the teams that played Tuesday night in Ann Arbor could win the whole thing next month in Indianapolis.
Even without Ayo Dosunmu for the third straight game, No. 4 Illinois (19-6, 15-4 Big Ten) traveled to Michigan (18-2, 13-2 Big Ten) and dominated the No. 2 Wolverines — a ranking Juwan Howard’s squad has held for less than 48 hours. A suffocating defensive effort and a balanced offensive attack fueled the Illini to a 76-53 victory, the program’s first-ever over a top-two team on the road.
In a highly anticipated game between the Big Ten’s best, the start was as slow and as sloppy as could be.