(WPXN-cf)-- This week's NCAA Top 25 is dominated by the Big Ten, with three teams inside the Top 5. The top ten includes, 1 Gonzaga, 2 Baylor, 3 Michigan, 4 Ohio State, 5 Illinois, 6 Houston, 7 Virginia, 8 Alabama, 9 Oklahoma, and 10 Villanova. Other Big Ten teams ranked this week include, 11 Iowa, and 21 Wisconsin. 

 

(Urbana-cf)-- The No. 5 Illini take on Northwestern tonight in Champaign. The first game of the year, the Illini held the Wildcats to 4 points in the paint. Head Coach Brad Underwood says that they’ve made changes since then, and that Miller Kopp will be a point of focus… 

 

 

Fighting Illini Head Coach Brad Underwood

 

 

IHSA Boys Basketball Tonight,  Weather permitting: 

PBL @ Watseka

Rantoul @ Olympia 

Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley @ Deercreek Mackinaw

Fisher vs Fieldcrest 

Armstrong-Potomac @ Oakwood

Milford @ Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin 

 

Big Ten Basketball Tonight: 

Nebraska @ Maryland 

Michigan State @ Purdue 

Northwestern @ NO. 5 Illinois 

 

Tonight on WPXN its Nascar Live. Get the latest news in Nascar from 6 until 7.

 

Following Nascar Live, its IHSA Basketball as PBL is at Watseka

Then No. 5 Fighting Illini Basketball. The Illini are in Champaign to take on Northwestern. Pregame starts a 7 with tip at 8.