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Category: Rankings

Final Illinois Rankings for the 2016-17 season

  • Posted onMarch 29, 2017September 24, 2017
  • Chicago Basketball

The state of Illinois finally ended its shutout streak in the NCAA Tournament with Northwestern going dancing. Aside from that? It was a somewhat disappointing year. UIC reached the CBI semifinals and Illinois made the NIT quarterfinals, but the state had a legitimate chance to send…

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Illinois Rankings, March 6

  • Posted onMarch 6, 2017March 6, 2017
  • Chicago Basketball

Upstate, Northwestern made the biggest play in program history. Down in St. Louis, Illinois State had its chance to lock up a NCAA Tournament bid but failed to do so. With that, Northwestern is the new No. 1 in this week’s rankings. 1. Northwestern (22-9, 11-7…

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Illinois Rankings, Feb. 27

  • Posted onFebruary 27, 2017February 27, 2017
  • Chicago Basketball

We’ve got a conference champion in Illinois for the first time in four years, and suddenly there’s two Big Ten teams from the state on the NCAA Tournament bubble. All that and more in this week’s Illinois Rankings. 1. Illinois State (25-5, 17-1 MVC) Last week: 1…

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Illinois Rankings, Feb. 6

  • Posted onFebruary 5, 2017
  • Chicago Basketball

Not a whole lot of good things happened for teams in Illinois last week. In fact, Southern Illinois was the only team to make it out unscathed. But all the losses mean we’ve got some big changes in this week’s Illinois Rankings. 1. Northwestern (18-5,…

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Illinois Rankings, Jan. 23

  • Posted onJanuary 23, 2017January 23, 2017
  • Chicago Basketball

Illinois has not had a team finish a season in the Kenpom Top 40 since the Illini in 2012-13. Well, with February nearing, the state has two such teams in Northwestern (No. 31) and Illinois State (No. 37). These are pretty exciting times for both programs, and…

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Illinois Rankings, Jan. 16

  • Posted onJanuary 16, 2017January 16, 2017
  • Chicago Basketball

What a week in the state of Illinois. Illinois State took control of the MVC with a big win against Wichita State, Northwestern blew people’s minds with a 35-point win against Iowa, and UIC climbed into fourth place in the Horizon League. That and more in…

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Illinois Rankings, Jan. 9

  • Posted onJanuary 9, 2017January 8, 2017
  • Chicago Basketball

For the first time this year, we have a new No. 1 team. Northwestern’s reign ended after losing a tight game to Minnesota, and Illinois State took the Wildcats’ vacated spot. That and more in this week’s Illinois Rankings. 1. Illinois State (12-4, 4-0 MVC)…

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Illinois Rankings, Jan. 2

  • Posted onJanuary 2, 2017January 2, 2017
  • Chicago Basketball

Conference play began last week, and it brought plenty of surprises around the state. Despite losing, Northwestern clings to its No. 1 ranking just ahead of surging Illinois State. 1. Northwestern (12-3, 1-1 Big Ten) Last week: 1 After thrashing Penn State in the Big…

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Illinois Rankings, Dec. 26

  • Posted onDecember 25, 2016December 25, 2016
  • Chicago Basketball

Last week was a rough one for Illinois. While Northwestern and Illinois kept their winning streaks going into Big Ten play, they struggled against some not-so-good teams. Meanwhile, Loyola’s winning streak ended at Toledo and Eastern Illinois’ streak ended at Indiana State. All that and…

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Illinois Rankings, Dec. 19

  • Posted onDecember 19, 2016December 18, 2016
  • Chicago Basketball

Last week was filled with local matchups. Chicago State and UIC each played two schools from the Chicago area, and Northwestern and Illinois competed in separate games at the United Center. While the top teams stayed put, the bottom two thirds of the Illinois Rankings…

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