No. 13 Illinois (11-3, 3-1 Big Ten) is playing its best basketball of the season and riding a four-game winning streak, including a sweep of its inaugural Big Ten West Coast road trip, during which ...

Jakucionis was named to the Midseason Top 25 Watch List for the John R. Wooden Award, the Los Angeles Athletic Club announced on Tuesday. Now what Illini fans found out quickly and the rest of the ...

Penn State takes on the No. 13 Illinois Fighting Illini after Nick Kern scored 21 points in the Nittany Lions' 77-71 loss to the Indiana Hoosiers.

Illinois head coach Shauna Green in a NCAA basketball game at the State Farm Center in Champaign on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024.

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No. 13 Illinois basketball returns to Champaign on Wednesday to play Penn State. This will be the Illini’s first home game of ...