Money and player turnover were supposed to destroy men’s college basketball. Instead, they’ve saved it.

Fans navigating the dozens of schools in the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments might become as attached to the ...

Field of 68 college basketball broadcaster Jeff Goodman vowed to no longer use the moniker "Fighting" to describe the Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team for the rest of the season during ...

And they weren’t just any wins, as the Illini scored a pair of 20-point blowouts over Iowa and No. 22 Michigan (in Ann Arbor) before taking down No. 20 Purdue 88-80 in an electric season finale ...

As one of 62 voters in the weekly AP poll, I had the Illini at No. 20 on my preseason ballot. Before this week, the last time I ranked them – and the last time they appeared in the poll – was ...

Illinois' Tre White pivots takes a shot the Illinois men's basketball team's 88-80 win over Purdue on Friday at State Farm Center. Anthony Zilis/The News-Gazette College/Prep Sports Reporter ...

He leads the Illini in scoring and assists, averaging 15.2 ppg and 4.8 apg, and is third on the team in rebounding at 5.6 rpg. Jakucionis becomes the fifth Illini of the Brad Underwood era to ...

Kasparas Jakucionis and the Illini could see Ohio State guard John Mobley Jr. and the Buckeyes again this week. College/Prep Sports Reporter Kasparas Jakucionis and the Illini could see Ohio State ...

Illinois basketball coach Brad Underwood’s blood pressure likely was trending the wrong way when the Illini trailed Purdue by 10 points midway through the second half Friday night in Champaign.

It's the Illini's first time in the poll since Feb. 3. Each week, the Journal Star will take a look back at the Illini's previous week and assess how their resume has changed and stacks up to the ...

Instead, Smith’s latest ESPN contract is a product of a new moment in sports media. The mascot era is here. All the highest-paid sports personalities are not only talented but living ...