Genesis Bryant made two free throws with 6.3 seconds left to give Illinois its first victory over No. 14 Maryland, 66-65, on Sunday.

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Many metrics rank the Terps higher than the AP poll, including the NET, BartTorvik, EvanMiya and Haslametrics. KenPom has Maryland at No. 18 and ESPN Basketball Power Index ranked it No. 19. The Terps haven’t been ranked higher since Dec. 5, 2022, when they won the first eight games of Kevin Willard’s tenure.

As luck would have it, No. 17 Illinois (13-5, 5-3 Big Ten) is set to host Maryland (14-5, 4-4 Big Ten) on Thursday night (8 p.m. CT, FS1) in the State Farm Center. The Illini, who are knotted in a four-way tie for fourth place in the Big Ten, welcome a Terrapins squad that has won three of its last four but remains winless on the road.

Here are three takeaways from Sunday’s loss. Late-game situation. Sunday’s game came down to the wire, and the Terps had a chance to pull it out with 1.8 seconds remaining and