Tom Izzo could only smile and chuckle, shaking his head admiringly, after watching his Michigan State Spartans lay it all on ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Just less than two hours before tip-off, Illini guard Kasparas Jakucionis appeared on the Assembly Hall court sporting orange Flyin' Illini throwback shorts, a gray ...

EAST LANSING — They were tired, hands tugging on their shorts, and when Tom Izzo thought about the image of his Michigan State basketball ... beating the Illini 80-78, arguably the conference ...

That didn’t seem to bother USC when the Trojans barged into Illinois and knocked off the Illini, or Oregon as ... when he had dark hair and basketball shorts were actually short.

Then it seemed Illinois might flip the script with a concerted interior effort in the second half against the Scarlet Knights ...

The Illinois Fighting Illini and Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball teams met in a Big Ten Conference contest at Jersey Mike's Arena in Piscataway, New Jersey, on Wednesday, Feb. 5.  SCORE: ...

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"He the nicest guy I ever played basketball with," former Illini teammate Doug Altenberger told the News-Gazette. Winters was a McDonald's All-American at Chicago King before he played in 129 of ...

Illini Bluffs has placed boys basketball coach Clay Vass on administrative leave, pending a third-party investigation. "An employee is currently on leave while we conduct a thorough and impartial ...

who helped the Illinois basketball program return to relevance in the 1980s, has died. A member of the 1983-84 Illini who won the school's first Big Ten title in 21 seasons, was 61. He was retired ...