Illinois' men's basketball team lost another one it shouldn't have – at Rutgers – last week. It was the club's fourth time being upset in as many weeks, a dispiriting trend for Illini fans, whose doubts about this team have bubbled above the surface.

The Big Ten's top tier continued to separate from the rest of the pack after another entertaining week of conference play.

The starting lineup with Lee in Moore’s place had a plus-50.5 NET rating going into Sunday’s matchup, the best rating of any five-player group competing for at least 50 possessions. Schaefer is putting more faith in his youngest rotation player, and it is paying off.