If Michigan State basketball is going to hang a Big Ten regular season championship banner, they'll need a big-time road win ...

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With former All-American Kofi Cockburn in attendance, Illinois won its second in a row. No. 3 will be trickier, with Michigan ...

The Illini lost an 80-78 heartbreaker in the first matchup vs. Michigan State on Jan. 19 in East Lansing. Will Riley scored a ...

Illinois will celebrate the career of Kofi Cockburn during a halftime ceremony on Tuesday, as the two-time consensus ...

Tuesday night was a special one in State Farm Center, and not just due to an Illini win. Illinois great Kofi Cockburn ...

The UCLA Bruins (18-7, 9-5) were so close to completing a 16-point second-half comeback but fell short in an 83-78 loss to the Illinois Fighting Illini (17-8, 9 ...

On a night when a legendary Illinois big man was honored for his contributions to the program and a current Illini big man was the driving force in a potentially season-shifting win, it wouldn't ...

In fact, in all nine of their games scoring 90 points or more, the Illini knocked down double-digit three-pointers – save for the Minnesota game, in which they went 9-for-16 (56.3 percent) and did ...

Two-time All-American Kofi Cockburn returned to campus for his honored jersey ceremony on Tuesday and spoke to local media ...

The Fighting Illini are 8-4 against conference opponents. Illinois averages 72.1 points while outscoring opponents by 12.1 points per game. Wisconsin averages 6.3 made 3-pointers per game ...