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 ...

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 ...

Illinois basketball is on a quest for a fifth consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament, wrapping up their nonconference schedule over the weekend. Coach Brad Underwood has Illinois basketball at 9 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

CHAMPAIGN — It's the most wonderful time of the year. Seriously. Just ask Illinois men's basketball coach Brad Underwood. And it's not just because of the opportunity to take a few days to ...

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 ...