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Thursday, February 17, 2005

Centre Daily Times: No. 1 Illinois breezes past Nittany Lions

Centre Daily Times | 02/17/2005 | No. 1 Illinois breezes past Nittany Lions:

"UNIVERSITY PARK -- This is basketball at its simplest, and its finest.

"Pass the ball around until the defense sags, then pass it again. Two, three, four more passes, then a wide-open shot. Play stifling defense that prevents your opponent from doing the same, steal the ball, and repeat.

"It's not really that simple for No. 1 Illinois, which won its school-record 26th straight game Wednesday night at the Bryce Jordan Center, breezing past overmatched Penn State 83-63.

"But it's close.

"'They're the most unselfish team I've been around in a long, long time,' Penn State men's basketball coach Ed DeChellis said. 'They guard you, they don't let you get in their stuff, they can score any way they want to.' ..."

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