Illinois' men's basketball team has lost three of its past five games. Four of its last seven. Three of those four losses were upsets.

Illinois women’s basketball is fresh off a massive week as a team. The Illini picked up two road wins last week. They beat Rutgers in overtime and found a one-point win against a ranked Maryland team for the program’s first-ever victory against the Terrapins.

Lyons Township, led by Stanford recruit Nora Ezike, holds down the No. 1 spot in the Top 25 Illinois Girls High School Basketball State Rankings. Last week: Def. Oak Park-River Forest 66-31; Def. Proviso West 75-24;