llinois Fighting Illini guard Ayo Dosunmu celebrates with head coach Brad Underwood after a game against the Iowa Hawkeyes at State Farm Center. (Photo: Patrick Gorski-USA TODAY Sports) Illinois has been picked as the favorite to win the Big Ten in a poll of the league’s writers. The annual unofficial official media poll, which features 28 beat writers – two from each team – saw the Fighting Illini pick up 376 of a possible 392 points to finish ahead of runner-up Iowa (350 points). More: Men’s basketball: Ohio State will open the season against Illinois State Illinois received 16 first-place votes, with the remaining 12 split evenly between Iowa and Wisconsin, which finished third in the voting and only three points behind the Hawkeyes. For a fourth straight year, the voting was tabulated as a joint venture by The Dispatch and The Athletic. The Fighting Illini return Ayo Dosunmu, a…
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