Growing up in the small town of Sycamore, in Northern Illinois, Hill was a reader but mostly a jock. He played four sports in high school, then a four-year basketball scholarship moved the 6'4 ...

Illinois (11-3, 3-1 Big Ten) managed to hold off Washington (10-5, 1-3) by a score of 81-77 on Sunday in Seattle, but it only just survived a fierce comeback as the surging Huskies simply ran out of ...

No. 22 Illinois dominated No. 9 Oregon on Thursday. Here is a look at some of the big numbers put up by the Fighting Illini.

Washington – like Illinois – makes a point of chasing opponents off the three-point line and minimizing damage from behind the arc. The Huskies' three-point percentage allowed (29.6 ...

Illinois basketball is on a quest for a fifth consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament, wrapping up their nonconference ...

The Washington Huskies and Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball teams are scheduled to meet for a Big Ten Conference contest at Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle, Washington, on Sunday ...

Chicago State's Jalen Forrest, left, fights Illinois' Tomislav Ivisic for a rebound during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024, in Champaign, Illinois.

Illinois men's basketball made an emphatic statement Thursday night with a historic road victory over No. 9 Oregon at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene. The No. 22 Fighting Illini (10-3, 2-1 ...

Mark Titus, the host of Barstool's "The Mark Titus Show" podcast, gave glowing praise to the Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team on Monday's show. Illinois, ranked No. 13 in Monday's ...

are all in their first years of college basketball. If you're wondering why Illinois was unranked in the preseason, that's probably why — because the Illini lost a bunch and projected to be ...