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Illini crack AP Top 25 basketball list

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Illinois center Nnanna Egwu (32) and Gardner-Webb's Kevin Hartley (24) fight for a rebound in Champaign on Sunday. Illinois squeaked by with a 63-62 win and is ranked No. 22 by The Associated Press.

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Indiana is still No. 1 in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, but two more Big 10 teams have cracked the list with 7-0 Illinois ranked No. 22 after winning the Maui Classic over Butler, and previously unranked Minnesota installed at No. 21 in the poll.