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Article: Illini to end Big Ten hoops season at Michigan State
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- The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
- Article date:
- August 18, 2005
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CHAMPAIGN -- If the University of Illinois basketball team thought
last season's Big Ten Conference finale was difficult, this season's
closing game won't get any easier.
The Illini will play Michigan State, which figures to be the
league favorite, at the Breslin Center in East Lansing on March 4 as
the Big Ten released its conference schedule Wednesday.
Illinois, the two-time defending undisputed Big Ten champion, won
its first 29 games last season before losing the Big Ten finale at
Ohio State 65-64 on Matt Sylvester's 3-point basket with 5.1 seconds
left.
The Illini open the Big Ten season against Michigan State on Jan.
5 at the Assembly Hall in Champaign. Illinois and Michigan State both ...