Some Tennessee players face NFL decisions or they're headed to the portal. Here's the latest on opt outs vs. Illinois in the Music City Bowl.

Tomislav Ivisic and Keaton Wagler each scored 16 points and No. 14 Illinois beat No. 13 Tennessee 75-62 Saturday night in the second part of the Music City Madness.

But on Saturday night, against perhaps the most gritty and brutish team in the country, Wagler was superb. He scored 16 points, snagged eight rebounds and dished out five assists while committing zero turnovers in Illinois’ 75-62 win over Tennessee in Nashville.

Illinois football is well aware of the rumors that Tennessee tried to add quarterback Luke Altmyer in the offseason ahead of the Music City Bowl.

Nate Ament is averaging 17.1 points and 7.4 rebounds for Tennessee basketball, but has struggled in the past three games against better teams.

The Illini (7-2) finally put all – or at least most of – the pieces together in a gritty victory over the Volunteers in Nashville