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Big Ten basketball power rankings: Michigan's win over Spartans shakes things up

This new Big Ten basketball schedule, to accommodate an earlier conference tournament, means there is a league game almost every night of the week. That can create a lot of change in the rankings. Here’s how things stand today.

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14. Illinois (10-9, 0-6)

This section could be copied and pasted every week, as Illinois keeps losing close games. There is reason to believe the Illini are better than their record, but until they actually win a conference game they’ll remain at the bottom of the rankings.

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