In the two games missed by Illinois' Kasparas Jakucionis leading into Tuesday's road matchup with Indiana, the Illini learned that they didn't necessarily need their dynamic freshman guard to survive. But they were also reminded how much better life is with him in the lineup.

Illinois got its star player back on Tuesday and delivered another emphatic conference victory, dismantling Indiana 94-69. It was a total Illini avalanche from the opening tip. Illinois delivered a resounding knockout blow early in the first half,

The Hoosiers (13-4; 4-2 Big Ten) are coming off a 25-point loss to Iowa that was most lopsided Big Ten regular season loss of Woodson's tenure. It was the program's fifth loss of 20 points of more and 12th loss by 15 or more points in 31 conference games under Woodson.

Indiana basketball is searching for answers after a second straight blowout loss and changes to the starting lineup could be on the way:

Things are not going well for Mike Woodson in Bloomington. Woodson and Indiana found themselves on the wrong side of a 94-69 blowout loss to No. 19 Illinois on Tuesday night. It marked their second straight 25-point loss,