After five consecutive weeks in which Illinois absorbed at least one loss, the Illini – ranked as high as No. 13 in early January and clinging to a No. 23 ranking as of last week – finally fell out of ...

Drake faces the Illinois State Redbirds after Bennett Stirtz scored 20 points in the Bulldogs' 85-81 overtime win against the Indiana State Sycamores.

Boden Skunberg and Brandon Lieb made plans. It was one more hopefully triumphant season before riding off into the college ...

An exciting weekend of college basketball continues Sunday when No. 18 Illinois plays host to Ohio State in a marquee Big Ten ...

Fresh off a lowly overtime loss at Nebraska, No. 18 Illinois (15-7, 7-5 Big Ten) returned home to the State Farm Center, ...

With five weeks remaining in the Illinois State men's basketball season, the Redbirds sit at 14-9 overall with a 6-6 Missouri ...

The Illinois basketball team built a 25-point lead and led for all but 29 seconds of the game on the way to an 83-74 victory Sunday over in-state rival Northwestern in a Big Ten Conference game at ...

The Illinois basketball team gets a Big Ten Conference test today against Tom Izzo and the Michigan State Spartans. CBS will televise the 11 a.m. game from Breslin Center in East Lansing ...

The Illinois State Legislature ... the city’s first professional basketball team, lost to the Beloit Fairies 33-29 at the Broadway Armory. George Halas was the team manager and left guard.

Illinois lost 80-74 in overtime at Nebraska on Thursday night and has dropped four of its last six games. Here's how you can watch Sunday afternoon's men's basketball game between Ohio State and ...