Plus, other contenders have emerged after the first two weeks of the season as Indiana and Illinois make their cases and a host of dark horses lurk.

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Totals 20-53 10-11 54. Humrichous 3-9 2-3 10, Ivisic 9-14 2-2 20, Boswell 2-8 2-2 8, Jakucionis 0-3 4-4 4, White 3-5 0-0 7, Riley 2-8 3-5 8, Gibbs-Lawhorn 3-4 0-0 7, Johnson 1-3 0-1 2, Booth 0-1 0-0 0 ...

Sophomore center Tomislav Ivisic scored 20 points with six rebounds and four steals as Illinois claimed a 66-54 nonconference ...

Freshman point guard Kasparas Jakucionis stacked up 12 points, 13 assists and eight rebounds as Illinois pulled away for a 90 ...