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Bubba goes on scholarship

Bubba Chisholm, the former walk-on, has been awarded an scholarship for the spring semester at Illinois. It's the first time the senior has been on an athletics scholarship at Illinois.

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- For Bruce Weber's take on the Illini's potential matchup in the Big Ten tournament, click here.

- Where was Chester Frazier on The News-Gazette's All-Big Ten ballot? Click here.

The News-Gazette submits a weekly ballot for the AP Top 25 men's basketball poll. Here's how beat writer Paul Klee voted today (AP rankings in parenthesis):

1. Pittsburgh (2)
2. North Carolina (1)
3. Memphis (4)
4. Connecticut (3)
5. Louisville (5)
6. Oklahoma (6)
7. Michigan State (7)
8. Duke (9)
9. Wake Forest (8)
10. Villanova (10)
11. Kansas (11)
12. Washington (13)
13. Clemson (17)
14. Gonzaga (12)
15. UCLA (15)
16. Florida State (22)
17. Xavier (19)
18. Illinois (NR)
19. Missouri (14)
20. Butler (16)
21. Arizona State (23)
22. Purdue (24)
23. Syracuse (18)
24. BYU (25)
25. Siena (NR)
-Teams ranked in AP poll but not on N-G's ballot: LSU (20), Marquette (21).

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