Then again, sandwiching a 10-point home loss to an average Big Ten opponent between 25-point-plus massacres of conference foes – Penn State and Indiana – is taking up-and-down to an extreme. By now, we know what the No.

Illinois faces Indiana. Our college basketball odds series has our Illinois Indiana prediction, odds and pick for Tuesday.

The Hoosiers had Malik Reneau return, but he was limited. Their defense allowed Northwestern to have its best shooting performance of the season.

The Indiana Hoosiers travel to play the Northwestern Wildcats in Big Ten action. Here's what happened in IU's loss.