Lucas Byrd will return to Champaign-Urbana with conference gold. Byrd defeated top-seed Dylan Ayala in the 133-pound final to ...

With the NCAA tournament just about a week and a half away, it is time to project where the Illinois basketball team might ...

With the Big Ten regular season coming to a close, we can now plot the Illini's path to a conference tournament title ...

The bracket is set for the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament. Illinois is the seventh seed in this year’s tournament and ...

CHAMPAIGN... Scott Richey covers college basketball for The News-Gazette. His email is [email protected], and you can ...

Illinois is home to some of the finest universities in the country. But it’s losing students to out-of-state colleges, and many of these young people are choosing not to come home after graduation.

After a brutal three-game losing streak, the Illini are standing tall entering the Big Ten tournament in Indianapolis.

Depending on what happens this weekend in Big Ten play, Illinois could finish the regular season in a tie for sixth place. It will certainly be headed to the NCAA Tournament in a week but in the ...

Kasparas Jakucionis hit a 3-pointer with 40 seconds left to put Illinois ahead for good, and the Illini rallied past No. 18 Purdue 88-80. Illinois trailed ...

Illinois basketball head coach Brad Underwood revealed how the Fighting Illini turned their season around the past few games ...

You already guessed the answer. On a bonkers Friday night at State Farm Center, Illinois came back to beat the No. 18 ...

Each team is looking to pick up a third consecutive win and enter the Big Ten conference tournament on a high note ...