The Illini have had their share of talent during Underwood's tenure, but fit matters, too. Here's the dream lineup.

Kasparas Jakucionis was drafted No. 20 by the Miami Heat, which was a little of a slide. Heat president Pat Riley doesn't ...

Kevin Kruger joins Illinois basketball staff as an assistant coach, bringing extensive experience from his time at UNLV and ...

After the buzzer sounded following No. 3-seeded Kentucky's 84-75 win over No. 6-seeded Illinois, I asked the Croatian center how history will remember this 2024-2025 Illinois team.

Big Ten guard was not expected to drop to No. 20 overall, but he fittingly came right before a fellow teammate ...

The Illinois basketball team is back in the NCAA Tournament in part because of the play of dynamic freshman Kasparas Jakucionis.. The dangerous 6-foot-6, 205-pound guard averaged 15.0 points and 5 ...

The Illinois Fighting Illini will more closely resemble a European professional squad than a men’s college basketball team for the 2025-26 season. It feels like no program personifies the ...

Is Illinois' fading men's basketball team too hurt, too sick — and too young — to save its season? It’s getting harder to buy into the Illini, who meet No. 3 Duke and superstar Cooper Flagg ...

With the nation’s original March Madness (that would be the Illinois high school basketball tournament) upon us for the 111th time, we came up with an all-time bracket featuring the best cham… ...

The Illinois basketball team got a lift from big man Tomislav Ivisic early in its first-round NCAA Tournament game against Xavier.. The versatile 7-foot-1, 255-pound center averaged 12.5 points ...

As we approach the 2019-2020 high school basketball season, we’re also entering a new decade of prep basketball. The past decade was highlighted by several stars who led their teams to state ...

After 40 minutes of old-school Jesuit education, Illinois’ men’s basketball team left Indiana with bruised egos and unfulfilled dreams.. Facing a Loyola defense that was more focused on ...