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COPYRIGHT 2005 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service
Byline: Marlen Garcia
CHICAGO _ Illinois' basketball players wanted to claim their second straight outright Big Ten championship with the pomp and circumstance befitting a record-setting, unbeaten team.
No such luck.
The top-ranked Illini (28-0, 14-0) claimed sole possession of the school's 17th Big Ten title Sunday without playing a game.
Indiana denied No. 10 Michigan State a chance to tie Illinois for the championship by knocking off the Spartans 78-74 in overtime in Bloomington, Ind. Michigan State fell to...
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