Illinois' men's basketball team has lost three straight games by a combined 78 points, surrendering a ghastly average of 94.7 points in those games while bricking everything they throw up at the other end and suffering through stomach bugs,

The Big Ten basketball standings saw a major shift over the last seven days -- a refrain that can be recycled weekly at this stage of the season.

Coming out of the All-Star Break, the top teams are beginning to establish themselves. Where does that leave the Wolves who are floundering in the play-in bubble?