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.’ …”