Sunday's crowd featured a who's who of Illinois recruiting targets, including Indianapolis junior Mike Conley Jr., sophomore E.J. Gordon and swingman Marques Johnson, a junior from Fort Wayne, Ind., and E'Twaun Moore, a sophomore guard from East Chicago, Ind.

"We talked the other night — and maybe I shouldn't have — that we're getting down to four home games, three now, for the seniors and everybody," Weber said. "Maybe you try to do too much."

Signing Day was five days ago but Illinois may not have completely filled its Class of 2010 quite yet.

DJ Woods, a 6-foot-4, 225-pound defensive end from Tampa (Fla.) Robinson, flew up to the UI campus an official visit on Sunday and toured the campus Monday. He could go home as the 21st member of the Illini recruiting class.

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 7, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

Demetri McCamey shared Big Ten Player of the Week honors with former high school teammate Evan Turner.

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How News-Gazette staff writer Tony Bleill voted in this week's Associated Press women's Top 25 college basketball poll:

Team of the Week: Westchester St. Joseph

St. Joe's scored the rare double on Monday: alumni Demetri McCamey (left) and Evan Turner (right) were named Big Ten Co-Players of the Week. "I'm so selfish I hope they stay in college for 10 more years so I can see them play. I enjoy watching them play so much," longtime St. Joe's coach Gene Pingatore said Monday.

MADISON, Wis. – In a brain spasm last month, my picks as the 1-2 all-time basketball coaches in the Big Ten boiled down to Bob Knight and Tom Izzo.

You can't argue with Knight's three NCAA titles and 11 Big Ten championships. And Izzo's still-unfinished business of five Final Fours in the last 11 years and the 2000 NCAA title is extraordinary. At Breslin, the Spartans have lost 15 games in 13 years.