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A year later, Illinois is unbeaten again

By Andy Katz
ESPN.com

Friday, December 23, 2005

Illinois doesn't really know what losing feels like, how it sinks in for the players and keeps the coaches up at night. That's because they have hardly experienced it. Illinois is 49-2 in the past season-plus. The only losses were in the national title game to North Carolina and at Ohio State by one in the final Big Ten regular-season game last March. That's it. After ripping off 29 wins in a row to start the 2004-05 season, the Illini (12-0) are unblemished once again as they head into the ...

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