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Illinois got out-hustled, out-toughed, out-rebounded … out-everything’d by Duke on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden.

Illinois was humming along as one of the country's better college basketball teams. Then the 3-point shots stopped falling.

6-foot-7 wing Payton Sandfort is pouring in 16.7 points per game and hitting 2.6 triples per contest. It's seemingly a nightmarish matchup for an Illini team that has struggled to slow opposing wings ...

Iowa Hawkeyes (15-12, 6-10 Big Ten) at Illinois Fighting Illini (17-11, 9-8 Big Ten) Champaign, Illinois; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Iowa visits Illinois after Payton Sandfort scored 27 points ...

Cooper Flagg has certainly lived up to the hype. So it seems a foregone conclusion the freshman phenom from Duke will become ...

Cooper Flagg had 16 points in his Madison Square Garden debut and seven players scored in double figures for No. 3 Duke in a ...

Wisconsin forward Steven Crowl (22) handles the ball against Illinois guard Kasparas Jakucionis, left, and Illinois center ...

SportsLine's model just revealed its college basketball picks for the Illinois Fighting Illini vs. Cooper Flagg and the Duke ...

At full strength, the Illini are one of the few teams in the country that can match up with Duke's incredible length. However ...

With seven players scoring in double figures, the No. 3 Duke Blue Devils posted yet another lopsided win, this one over ...