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Now comes the hard part for Illini

There are no more Iowas on the schedule. Bye, bye, Indiana. Peace, Penn State.

Next up is No. 5 Michigan State, the defending NCAA runner-up, followed by Wisconsin, Ohio State and Purdue. All four of those teams are in the Top 25 of Ken Pomeroy's ratings index. The eight games still on Illinois' schedule will be played against teams that A) have been nationally ranked, and B) played in the NCAA tournament last season.

Klee

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