Winning a share of the Big Ten regular season title certainly got much more difficult after a split the Los Angeles trip. Now, Illinois has to do what it can to protect its spot on the No. 2 seed line for the NCAA tournament. Beating Michigan on Friday would certainly help. Not losing to Oregon or Maryland to end the regular season is even more important. Beat writer Scott Richey discusses that, the West Coast swing and more in this week's Inside Illini Basketball.