Illinois forward Will Riley drives past Minnesota guard Femi Odukale during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, in Minneapolis. Illinois center Tomislav ...

Illinois basketball had another up-and-down week, struggling on the road but following that up with another victory on the road to the NCAA Tournament. Coach Brad Underwood has Illinois basketball ...

On this day in Celtics history, Dee Brown flushed his famous no-look dunk, and Danny Fortson was dealt to Toronto in a failed ...

Saturday was a rubber-hits-the-road moment for No. 23 Illinois (16-8, 8-6 Big Ten), which burned its Goodyears and did a lap around the school parking lot at Minnesota, authoring one of its best ...

Illinois' defense has been stout in terms of ... The Bruins are playing their best basketball of the season, while the Illini have been utterly inconsistent – though happen to be coming off ...

At this point, no one knows what to expect from No. 23 Illinois (16-8, 8-6 Big Ten). After falling 82-73 at Rutgers on Wednesday, the Illini traveled back west to Minnesota for what many ...

Illinois faces one of the most difficult finishing kicks of any team in college basketball – including six of seven games to close the regular season against opponents currently positioned in ...

The night before Brown goes on the air for an NBA broadcast, he and his broadcasting partners will break bread at a restaurant in an NBA city, but the discussion inevitably turns to basketball ...

The 2024-25 season has brought moments, stretches – even 20-minute halves – in which Illinois looked as formidable as literally any team in college basketball. The ceiling for the No. 23 ...

Hubie Brown took to the sideline to call his last NBA game on Sunday at 91 years old. A Basketball Hall of Famer, Brown has been a fixture on NBA sidelines either as a coach or a broadcaster since ...

Illinois basketball has slavishly chased the numbers this season, tying its fortunes to a metrics-based approach that prizes a blistering offensive pace and avalanches of three-point attempts.