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To subscribe, click here. Sign up for our daily basketball newsletter here Welcome to “Good Morning, Illini Nation,” your daily dose of college basketball news from Illini beat writer and AP Top 25 voter Scott Richey. He’ll offer up insights every morning on Brad Underwood’s team and college basketball at large: Illinois' 90-77 victory against No.
19 Arkansas was a fairly big one when it comes to signature victories. Primarily because the Illini jumped out to an 11-0 lead in less than 4 minutes and basically led the Razorbacks by double digits the entire game. It's a win that also got Illinois on the national radar.
The Illini were something of a question mark — at least outside Champaign — given the severity of the roster turnover following last year's Elite Eight run. What they did to Arkansas answered some of those questions. CBS Sports' Gary Parrish is certainly paying attention .
.. DAILY COLLEGE BASKETBALL RANKINGS: Here is Friday morning's updated @CBSSports Top 25 And 1 -- with some thoughts on Kasparas Jakucionis and Illinois.
1. Kansas 2. Auburn 3.
Iowa State 4. Marquette 5. Tennessee *** 17.
Illinois https://t.co/SgB93tgwdg This episode of the @EyeOnCBBPodcast opens on Auburn winning the Maui Invitational. 10:50: UConn is down to 64th in one computer.
29:00: Illinois 90, Arkansas 77. 40:32: It's the Final Four And 1 with picks for Purdue-Ole Miss, Texas A&M-Rutgers, etc. https://t.
co/VC7cB62mcq.
