The projected top five pick came up clutch when his team needed him and played one of his best games of the season.

Kasparas Jakucionis scored 24 points and Tomislav Ivisic scored 16 points and Illinois held off UCLA for an 83-78 win over ...

At first glance, the Illini (14-9-3, 31 pts.) appear to end the season with one of the toughest stretches of the year. Illinois takes on three repeat opponents — Northern Illinois (10-16-3, 23 pts.), ...

Bret Bielema's 2024 team made it for four games, all wins. At No. 71 is a game I might have put a bit higher: Illinois 31, Nebraska 24 in overtime. The Sept. 20 game at Lincoln, Neb., saw the home ...

Illinois Fighting Illini (15-5, 5-4 Big Ten) at Rutgers Scarlet Knights (9-12, 1-9 Big Ten) Piscataway, New Jersey; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Illinois takes on Rutgers in Big Ten action ...

BOTTOM LINE: Illinois takes on Rutgers in Big Ten action Thursday. The Scarlet Knights are 8-7 on their home court. Rutgers is 6-12 against opponents over .500. The Fighting Illini have gone 5-4 ...

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Fighting Illini -4; over/under is 154.5 BOTTOM LINE: Nebraska aims to break its six-game losing streak when the Cornhuskers play No. 18 Illinois. The Cornhuskers are 8-2 on ...

Fighting Illini: 7-3, averaging 87.5 points, 41.9 rebounds, 15.8 assists, 4.4 steals and 4.0 blocks per game while shooting 45.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 74.3 points.

Illinois: Tomislav Ivišić, the 7-foot-1 center and the team’s No. 2 scorer, missed his third straight game with mononucleosis. The Illini have lost four of six. Nebraska: The Huskers ...