When No. 17 Illinois men’s basketball coach Brad Underwood considered how “bullish” he is on his team Sunday at State Farm Center, he didn’t play down his expectations. “I’m not afraid to say it — we ...

The Illini crashed the boards and hit the floor to scrap their way to an 83-74 win over the Wildcats in Champaign ...

Kylan Boswell scored 17 points to lead five players in double figures as No. 17 Illinois rolled to an 83-74 Big Ten victory ...

Kylan Boswell scored 17 points and had six rebounds to lead No. 17 Illinois over Northwestern 83-74 on Sunday. Morez Johnson ...

Kylan Boswell scored 17 points to lead five players in double figures as No. 17 Illinois rolled to an 83-74 Big Ten victory ...

It has been a tough couple of weeks for the Illinois basketball team, as we were once the darlings of the college basketball ...

Fighting Illini -7.5; over/under is 148 BOTTOM LINE: No. 17 Illinois faces Northwestern after Kasparas Jakucionis scored 21 points in Illinois' 91-70 loss to the Maryland Terrapins. The Fighting ...

Jakucionis led the 19th-ranked Illini with 20 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists in a 70-66 overtime loss in the team’s ...

Illinois guard Kasparas Jakucionis, this dribbling virtuoso of verve and swerve, averages 16-plus points, 5.5-plus rebounds and 5-plus assists. Since 2010, the only other freshmen in power ...

The Illinois basketball team has alreasy shown what happens when one of its top players are not on the court when Kasparas Jakucionis was out. On Thursday, it was Tomislav Ivisic's turn to be out. The ...

The first bit of evidence: When Illinois and Northwestern met Dec. 6 in Evanston, Ill., the Wildcats erased a 10-point second ...

The Michigan State Spartans narrowly defeated the Illinois Fighting Illini, 80-78, on Sunday. Since that game, Illinois fans have made quite the fuss about how ...