Illinois basketball (19-8, 6-7), erased the second worst blemish on their NCAA Tournament resume by paying back Northwestern Sunday night at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston. On January 17th the Illini never led in a 68-54 defeat. Tonight Illinois basketball responded with a more than convincing 62-41 victory Northwestern (13-13, 4-9) endured a scoring drought of ten minutes … [Read more...] about Illinois basketball CRUSHES Northwestern by 21, redeeming previous loss