CHAMPAIGN — Illinois broke into the Associated Press Top 25 for the first time this season Monday debuting at No. 25 when the ...

None of the offseason chatter matters now, and although Jakucionis and Riley have shown they will be very good players, ...

When Illinois freshman guard Kasparas Jakucionis encountered his first rough patch of the season, the effect it had on his ...

The catalyst for the Illini defensive effort was junior guard Kylan Boswell, who scored just 8 points, but combined with Dra ...

The 2024-25 college basketball season has officially kicked off, and there have already been changes inside the AP Top 25, as ...

Illinois (3-0) played Oakland (1-2) on Wednesday night in Champaign. The Illini had a wide range of performances in the ...

An examination of the numbers that help explain the Illini's hard-fought (and somehwat humbling) 66-54 victory ...

Terrence Shannon Jr. getting to the free-throw line was a significant part of the Illinois offense last season. The now-former Illini guard set single-season highs with 276 free-throw attempts and 221 ...

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Totals 20-53 10-11 54. Humrichous 3-9 2-3 10, Ivisic 9-14 2-2 20, Boswell 2-8 2-2 8, Jakucionis 0-3 4-4 4, White 3-5 0-0 7, Riley 2-8 3-5 8, Gibbs-Lawhorn 3-4 0-0 7, Johnson 1-3 0-1 2, Booth 0-1 0-0 0 ...

Sophomore center Tomislav Ivisic scored 20 points with six rebounds and four steals as Illinois claimed a 66-54 nonconference ...

It's the oldest play in the book. Even after just two games, it should be expected that if any Illinois player were able to ...