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.

Michigan basketball ranked No. 22, one week after falling out of the USA TODAY Coaches Poll Top 25. The Wolverines are one game back in Big Ten race.

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;