Illinois men's basketball team looks for payback against Michigan State in a crucial Big Ten rematch at State Farm Center.

The Big Ten men’s basketball season continues tonight as the No. 23 Illinois Fighting Illini (15-8, 7-6) travel to Minneapolis to take on the Golden Gophers (12-11, 4-8). Illinois is looking to get ...

Illinois uses Jakucionis' 24 points to help blunt UCLA comeback bid in 83-78 win — Kasparas Jakucionis scored 24 points and Tomislav Ivisic scored 16 points and Illinois held off UCLA for an 83 ...

Coach Brad Underwood has Illinois basketball at 16-8 overall and 8-6 in the Big Ten Conference. The Illini have not won back-to-back games since it won its fifth in a row on Jan. 8. Illinois went ...

The Fighting Illini are 7-6 in conference games. Illinois is ninth in college basketball scoring 84.7 points per game while shooting 44.3%. Minnesota's average of 6.6 made 3-pointers per game this ...

1. What a great week to honor two Illini basketball legends. Don't bother worrying about whether out-of-town stupid has a problem with Illinois this week honoring two All-Americans who left an ...

Indiana will hire its fourth coach in an eight-year span. Here's the first dossier of candidates for the job. There are 16 ...

Illinois outscored Minnesota 50-26 in the paint. The Fighting Illini shot an impressive 63.2 percent (36 of 57) overall and 56.3 percent (9 of 16) from 3-point range. Minnesota shot 40.9 percent ...

The Illinois Fighting Illinis sit atop the Big Ten in average points per game, averaging 85.2 over the season. However, Illinois is ranked ninth in the Big Ten in terms of its defense, a category ...

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The Gophers welcomed No. 23 Illinois to the Barn on Saturday with an opportunity to pick up a win over a ranked opponent at home for the third straight time this season. The Fighting Illini did ...

UCLA flies into Illinois riding a seven-game winning streak that nearly restored the Bruins to the Associated Press Top 25 for the first time in a month.