Illinois basketball head coach Brad Underwood revealed how his team has grown from their blowout loss to Duke a few weeks ago. The Fighting Illini picked up another critical Big Ten win on Friday, this time over No.

Cooper Flagg had 16 points in his Madison Square Garden debut and seven players scored in double figures for No. 3 Duke in a 110-67 blowout of Illinois.

As is the case whenever a big game takes place, social media was a firestorm during and after the contest. Below are some of the best Illinois-Duke tweets from the college basketball world on Saturday night. Duke's 110-67 win over Illinois is the largest margin of defeat for the Illini in program history.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Duke’s Cooper Flagg (2) drives past Illinois’ Kylan Boswell (4) during the first half of an NCAA college ...

With seven players scoring in double figures, the No. 3 Duke Blue Devils posted yet another lopsided win, this one over Illinois of the Big Ten.

Duke superstar freshman Cooper Flagg gave a great response after his team crushed Illinois at Madison Square Garden on Saturday.

Tre White scored 16 points to lead Illinois (17-11), which sustained the most lopsided loss in program history with the 43-point defeat. Kasparas Jakucionis finished with 14 points as the Fighting Illini lost their third straight game.

Just when I think I couldn’t get any more disappointed in the Illinois basketball program, they show up to Madison Square Garden and get shellacked. My hope was