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.

Beat writer Joe Vozzelli preview's Illini's matchup with Hoosiers, as Illinois seeks first Big Ten winning streak of 2024-25 season

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

Indiana Head Coach Mike Woodson during the Indiana versus University of Southern California men's basketball game at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. / Rich Janzaruk/Herald-Times / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images A 25-point loss Saturday at Iowa was thought to be the low point for Indiana basketball,

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

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.