Illinois freshman guard Kasparas Jakucionis, left, hangs in the air as he looks up at the basket in Wednesday night’s 82-73 ...

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: ...

NBCUniversal Local Chicago (NBC 5 Chicago and Telemundo Chicago) will commemorate Black Heritage Month with a robust lineup ...

Iroquois West girls’ basketball player Amelia Scharp takes a selfie with her teammates at Friday’s practice after earning The ...

Illinois basketball came out of the gates flat against Nebraska, and we never recovered. It was such a difficult game to ...

Good morning, Chicago. As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents led Sai Pavuluri out of his Northwest Side home in handcuffs, he turned to look at the camera crew recording his arrest. He ...

Brad Underwood is trying to guide the Illinois basketball program through more turmoil than I thought there would be during ...

Mike Lopresti is a member of the US Basketball Writers Hall of Fame, Ball State journalism Hall of Fame and Indiana Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame. He has covered college basketball for ...

NORMAL — The allure is obvious with the 3-pointer in college basketball. The distance, the scoreboard impact and the fan ...

Freshman Kloe Froebe and Brooke Carlson both grew up in Illinois. Now, they are both starting guards for CSU. The duo has collected a combined five Mountain West weekly honors so far this season.

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