The Spartans' win over Illinois bought breathing room against one of the Big Ten's most dangerous title contenders.

Illinois’ men’s basketball is coming off a tough loss at No. 12 Michigan State.Illinois dropped to 5-3 in conference play and complicated its hope of winning a ...

After going down early, Michigan State basketball survived a nail-biter vs. Illinois to stay undefeated and alone at the top ...

Scott Richey covers college basketball for The News-Gazette. His email is [email protected], and you can follow him on ...

Scott Richey covers college basketball for The News-Gazette. His email is [email protected], and you can follow him on ...

Starting as a freshman in the most challenging position in all of sports in the toughest conference in college football is no ...

'If you don't get off the mat, they bury you', Illini ready for physical battle with Michigan State CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) - ...

The Illini slowed the Spartans' fastbreak, but they also had their own best player brought to a screeching halt early ...

Illinois will take on the only remaining undefeated team in Big Ten play Sunday afternoon in a tough road battle. No. 12 ...

That makes 11 straight wins, a perfect start to Big Ten play, and a significant showing ... just 2:54 into the game and forcing coach Brad Underwood to quickly sit his star, who entered averaging ...

Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball head coach Brad Underwood revealed after Sunday's game that Illinois center Tomislav Ivisic played through the game at Michigan State with strep throat.

Two marquee matchups headlined the week: Michigan State-Illinois (Jan. 19) and Purdue-Oregon (Jan. 18). The Spartans and ...