Illinois forward Ben Humrichous throws down a dunk on Thursday night against Oregon at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Ore.

With yet another quick turnaround, Illinois will host Penn State (12-3, 2-2 Big Ten) in Champaign on Wednesday (8 p.m. CT, on Big Ten Network) in its next opportunity to climb up Katz’s rankings – and ...

Illinois basketball is still in the middle of rounding out the class of 2025, so it is a bit hard to map out future ...

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SportsLine's model just revealed its NCAA Basketball picks for the Illinois Fighting Illini vs. Oregon Ducks on Thursday ...

Three years ago, Illinois decided to invest heavily in recruiting overseas ... during the last few decades, college basketball has followed suit. And the Illini are now one of the leading global ...

Plenty of basketball remains to be played, but the Illini's standing in the NET rankings currently positions them to compete for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament (whose selection committee uses ...

It wasn’t a huge jump, but the men’s Illinois basketball team managed to crawl up the rankings on Monday. The Illini entered ...

Illinois 109, Oregon 77. Given that Oregon is ranked ninth in the Associated Press Top 25 poll, and given that the game was ...