Then again, sandwiching a 10-point home loss to an average Big Ten opponent between 25-point-plus massacres of conference foes – Penn State and Indiana – is taking up-and-down to an extreme. By now, we know what the No.

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The Hoosiers had Malik Reneau return, but he was limited. Their defense allowed Northwestern to have its best shooting performance of the season.

After the first-half de-pantsing by Illinois, Indiana further embarrassed itself when Goode dangerously barreled into Illini center Tomislav Ivisic, who barked at Goode, setting off a mini-scrum in which Ballo – in his most spirited action of the night – rushed from halfcourt to the baseline to get in a shove on Ivisic.

Instead, Indiana has now lost five straight to the Wildcats for the first time since 1915 and finds itself desperately needing some kind of spark. Again. Here are three things we

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