11-7, 2-3 Big Ten

Final

	1	2	T
Northwestern NU	36	32	68
Illinois ILL	21	33	54

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14-5, 1-4 Big Ten

Northwestern Wildcats @ Illinois Fighting Illini

Northwestern hands Illinois third straight loss

Reggie Hearn scored 20 points and Northwestern built an early lead using 3-point shooting to hand No. 23 Illinois its third straight loss, 68-54 on Thursday night.

Jan 17, 2013, 11:54 pm - Associated Press

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NCAA Division I

Big Ten Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Michigan	19-1	-	37-3
Nebraska	15-5	4	28-7
Michigan State	15-5	4	27-8
Illinois	15-5	4	28-9
Wisconsin	14-6	5	24-11
Purdue	13-7	6	30-9
UCLA	13-7	6	24-12
Ohio State	12-8	7	21-13
Iowa	10-10	9	24-13
Indiana	9-11	10	18-14
Minnesota	8-12	11	15-18
USC	7-13	12	18-14
Washington	7-13	12	16-17
Rutgers	6-14	13	14-20
Northwestern	5-15	14	15-19
Oregon	5-15	14	12-20
Maryland	4-16	15	12-21
Penn State	3-17	16	12-20

Men's College Basketball News

NCAA loses Kentucky appeals ruling; players remain eligible

A Kentucky Court of Appeals judge denied the NCAA emergency relief on Friday, allowing a group of players including Texas Tech quarterback Thomas Castellanos to remain eligible.

Commissioner Yormark leaving Big 12 after January for job outside college sports

Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark is leaving the conference, a decision he made as he prepares to take another job outside of college sports.

Preseason storylines to watch for in every conference

Teams will dominate, players will breakout and at least one storyline will define each conference this season.

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