Illini look for first Big Ten win vs. Michigan

January 16, 2008
John Brumbaugh

Illinois' Shaun Pruitt battles for the basketball (AP)Illinois has 10 healthy scholarship players on its roster. Six have never won a Big Ten game … and never had a chance to win one until 13 days ago.

Illinois also had three walk-ons play in Sunday’s narrow loss at 10th-ranked Indiana — and two of them don’t know what it’s like to beat a Big Ten foe.

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