In the two games missed by Illinois' Kasparas Jakucionis leading into Tuesday's road matchup with Indiana, the Illini learned that they didn't necessarily need their dynamic freshman guard to survive. But they were also reminded how much better life is with him in the lineup.

Illinois basketball crushed Indiana on Tuesday in what was an ugly game for the Hoosiers. The Illini came out of the gates looking great. Indiana couldn’t get a

Indiana basketball suffered one of the most lopsided home losses in program history on Tuesday night to Illinois:

After the first-half de-pantsing by Illinois, Indiana further embarrassed itself when Goode dangerously barreled into Illini center Tomislav Ivisic, who barked at Goode, setting off a mini-scrum in which Ballo – in his most spirited action of the night – rushed from halfcourt to the baseline to get in a shove on Ivisic.

Yet another win for Illinois comes with even more records. The Illini bounced back from their disappointing home loss to USC with a commanding victory Tuesday night over the Hoosiers in Bloomington. And it was the kind of defeat IU has NEVER had in history.

The Indiana Hoosiers trail by as many as 30 points in the first half of a home game against the Illinois Fighting Illini.

Then again, sandwiching a 10-point home loss to an average Big Ten opponent between 25-point-plus massacres of conference foes – Penn State and Indiana – is taking up-and-down to an extreme. By now, we know what the No.