Illini freshmen Kasparas Jakucionis and Will Riley were selected by the Miami Heat and Utah Jazz with the No. 20 and No. 21 ...

The conference race is clear at the top but cloudy in the middle with at least 10 teams capable of reaching the NCAAs.

Four players with Illinois ties began their NBA journeys Wednesday night when they heard their names called during the first round of the NBA draft. Joliet native Jeremiah Fears went at No. 7 to the ...

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No, not Walter Clayton Jr. for the Miami Heat, but rather skilled guard Kasparas Jakucionis out of Illinois at No. 20 in NBA ...

The NBA season is over. The Oklahoma City Thunder are your 2025 NBA champions.But for Illinois basketball fans, the fun is ...

Illini freshman Kasparas Jakucionis was selected by the Miami Heat with the No. 20 overall pick. Jakucionis was projected as a lottery pick by most experts, but falls to the Heat in the top 20.

The attention on Will Riley and the rest of his Illinois men’s basketball teammates will increase this week, with the Illini ...

Ty Rodgers, one of the few familiar faces returning to Illinois men's basketball next season, went down with a knee injury in ...

The Senegalese women’s basketball team has scrapped plans to train in the U.S. for the upcoming AfroBasket tournament in the ...

The University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics named 11 new members to the UI Athletics Hall of Fame. This ...

History was made for Fighting Illini Basketball on Wednesday night, as freshmen Kasparas Jakucionis (Vilnius, Lithuania) and Will Riley (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada) became the first-ever one-and-done ...