The Illinois basketball team built a 25-point lead and led for all but 29 seconds of the game on the way to an 83-74 victory Sunday over in-state rival Northwestern in a Big Ten Conference game at ...

Former Illinois men's basketball standout Efrem Winters died Monday morning after a long battle with an undisclosed illness, according to the university. He was 61. The Champaign News-Gazette was ...

Illinois guard Kasparas Jakucionis (32) goes to the basket against Washington guard Tyree Ihenacho, right, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025 ...

Chicago State's Jalen Forrest, left, fights Illinois' Tomislav Ivisic for a rebound during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024, in Champaign, Illinois.

Illinois basketball had another up-and-down week, but still finds itself firmly in line for an NCAA Tournament berth. Coach Brad Underwood has Illinois basketball at 14-6 overall and 6-4 in the ...

The hope around Champaign after Illinois' 91-70 home loss to Maryland – in which center Tomislav Ivisic sat out due to illness and several other Illini were slowed by a bug – was that the ...

Illinois coach Brad Underwood would have expected Maryland to attack with beefy bigs Derik Queen (6-foot-10) and Julian Reese (6-foot-9) – two of its three leading scorers – when the Terrapins ...

Illinois basketball had a big win at Indiana and followed that up with a heartbreaking loss at Michigan State — exhibiting itself as a top contender and in line for an NCAA Tournament berth.

Efrem Winters started 120 games during his four seasons with the Illinois men’s basketball team from 1982-86 and the Chicago native left as the program’s all-time leading rebounder.

Illinois men's basketball coach Brad Underwood was again at a loss for words following a 91-70 loss to Maryland Thursday night. With the absence of center Tomislav Ivišić due to what Underwood ...

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When Illinois men's basketball coach Brad Underwood arrived in Champaign in 2017, he inherited a broken down, non-identifiable Big Ten blue blood starving for excellence. Eight years later ...