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The Big Ten Diaries recaps the previous night's action in Big Ten Basketball, but of course, you're probably smart enough to figure that out on your own.
Wisconsin Badgers 70 Illinois Fighting Illini 60Since
Bo Ryan took over in Madison, only one Big Ten team has ever come into the Kohl Center and beaten the Badgers. That team is Illinois, but I don't think many people thought the Illini would pull it off this time around, and they didn't.
Trevon Hughes led the way for Wisconsin with 22 points, and senior
Brian Butch also scored 16 points and dominated the glass for Wisconsin with 7 rebounds.
Jason Bohannon scored only 8 points for Wisconsin, but six of those points came via the three-point shot after Illinois had closed the gap and started to build up some momentum.
For Illinois it's their fourth straight loss, a first under
Bruce Weber, and they're now 0-3 in conference play. Still, if there's anything positive to be taken from this game it's that they shot better on Thursday than they have been lately. Though that's not saying much, as Illinois only hit 41% of it's shots, but they did hit 6-of-10 from beyond the arc.
Unfortunately for the Illini, on the night their outside shots started falling, they couldn't get any help on the inside as
Shaun Pruitt and
Brian Randle battled foul trouble all night.
A losing streak which was unheard of in Wisconsin during the past decade has now ended. Six losses ago, the Badgers were 3-0 in Big Ten play. Thursday night they moved to 4-6, with a quality win over a very strong Illinois team. 
