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A member of the 1983-84 Illini who won the school's first Big Ten title in 21 seasons, was 61. He was retired after working for Pepper Construction Company and living in Aurora. "He's the nicest ...

The Illini still led by 23 points with five minutes left in the game, but sloppy, unfocused play in the final minutes allowed Northwestern to cut that deficit. Illinois put five players into ...

The Illini are basically computer darlings. They rank 10th in the NET, 10th in KenPom and sixth in Torvik and probably () aren't computer trickers. But outside of the metrics, Illinois has an odd ...

Former Illinois and King High basketball player Efrem Winters died Monday at 61 after a lengthy illness. Courtesy of CBS Share In 1982, the McDonald’s All-American Game, then in its sixth year ...

With Bulls coach Billy Donovan slowly ramping up Dosunmu, the former Illini guard came off the bench in his first five games back – and the Bulls lost all five. On Monday, Donovan slid Dosunmu ...

Joseph is one of several ex-Illini to have successfully transitioned to the NFL, including Nate Hobbs Jr., Sydney and Chase Brown, Tommy DeVito, De'Von Witherspoon and Nick Allegretti in recent years.

That's Illinois, according to the NET, KenPom.com and BartTorvik.com — even after Thursday's 91-70 loss at home to Maryland that dropped the Illini to 13-6 overall, 5-4 in the league.

"He the nicest guy I ever played basketball with," former Illini teammate Doug Altenberger told the News-Gazette. Winters was a McDonald's All-American at Chicago King before he played in 129 of ...

The Illini (14-9-3, 31 pts.), with several teams hot on their trail in the Midwest College Hockey Division standings, took care of business in Ames, Iowa, this weekend. They swept the cellar-dwelling ...

The Illini dropped just one spot to No. 18 overall in this week's AP Top 25, despite suffering a 21-point home loss to Maryland on Thursday. Brad Underwood's squad bounced back on Sunday with an ...

The Fighting Illini have gone 8-3 in home games. Illinois leads the Big Ten in rebounding, averaging 41.8 boards. Tomislav Ivisic paces the Fighting Illini with 8.5 rebounds. The Wildcats have ...