Freshman Will Riley (12.2 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 2.3 apg) was named the Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year. The 6-foot-8 forward, expected ...

Illinois basketball closed the regular season with three consecutive wins, so where do they sit now for March Madness ahead ...

But after a down January, during which Riley was touched by the flu and averaged just 7.4 points per game, and competing ...

A multi-talented, 6-foot-6 lead guard, Kasparas Jakucionis arrived in Champaign at age 18 and has put together one of the ...

The surging Illini have won three in a row, including ranked foes Michigan and Purdue, with the Big Ten tournament up next ...

Illinois defeated Purdue in Friday's final regular season game. What happened away from the court was more upsetting for Trey ...

The DePaul College Prep boys’ basketball team celebrated a second straight state championship last March at State Farm Center ...

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Against the Big Ten's best rebounding team, Purdue showed a promising effort on the glass Friday despite the loss to Illinois ...

Illinois closed the game on a 16-3 run, helped by some late free throws to put an end to Purdue's mini two-game winning ...

That team sitting on the bench across the way from the Northern Michigan University men’s basketball team in Springfield, ...

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