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The Illinois Fighting Illini will face the Texas Longhorns in college basketball action on Tuesday night from Madison Square Garden.

Houston and Texas remain firmly entrenched atop the Associated Press poll.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — In the second half of Friday night’s game against No. 16 Illinois, No. 22 Maryland found itself in uncharted waters.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Democrats in the Illinois House on Thursday unveiled a proposal to ban assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines and eliminate the ability for most people under 21 to obtain a gun permit in the state.

The new historic marker stands outside the Old State Capitol, where then Sen. Barack Obama launched his presidential bid on a brutally cold February day in 2007 —but unlike Obama, Pritzker and the others who unveiled the marker on Wednesday made their remarks indoors.

Coleman Hawkins had a triple-double for the Illini (6-1).

The Syracuse Orange will face off against the Illinois Fighting Illini in college hoops on Tuesday from the State Farm Center.

Previewing the men's college basketball ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

The last time the Cougars ascended to No. 1 was the final poll of the 1982-83 season, when Clyde Drexler and Akeem Olajuwon along with coach Guy Lewis were the favorites to win it all. They rolled through the NCAA Tournament before falling to Jim Valvano and North Carolina State…