Illinois hosts the No. 11 Michigan State Spartans after Kasparas Jakucionis scored 24 points in Illinois' 83-78 win against the UCLA Bruins.

Southern Illinois takes on the Belmont Bruins after Ali Abdou Dibba scored 29 points in Southern Illinois' 78-64 loss to the Bradley Braves.

Lavar Batts Sr. is perhaps Cabarrus County’s top basketball coach. Period. Batts has two state titles to his credit, and this ...

After Illinois freshman guard Kasparas Jakucionis hung on through a rough four-game patch in which he averaged 11.0 points and 4.0 turnovers while shooting 36.6 percent from the field, he has quickly ...

Kofi Coburn's jersey was raised to the rafters as the Illini held off UCLA at State Farm Center in Champaign on Tuesday, Feb.

Kofi Coburn's jersey was raised to the rafters as the Illini held off UCLA at State Farm Center in Champaign on Tuesday, Feb.

BLOOMINGTON — Frustration over Indiana basketball's performance reached a boiling point on Tuesday night as the team fell behind by 30 points against Illinois. There were multiple chants of ...

That's not Indiana basketball.'Fans leave, chant 'Fire Woodson' in disaster vs. Illinois Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Ivisic, Rice and Illinois' Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn were ...

Northern Iowa made just four of 28 first-half shots as the Panthers buried themselves in a huge hole it couldn’t dig out of in a 73-49 Missouri Valley Conference loss to Southern Illinois ...

Illinois coach Brad Underwood updates on Tomislav Ivisic's ankle injury and Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn's flu ahead of the Minnesota ...

Few freshman – few players, really – got off to a better start this season than Illinois guard Kasparas Jakucionis ... "I'm ...