The Bears claimed one more title in 1963 but struggled after this season, despite recruiting iconic ... Urbana-Champaign Fighting Illini The Fighting Illini has been successful across all sports, with ...

The Illini lost Johnson to a broken wrist, and his absence compromises the team in ways that may be impossible to make up for ...

Back when a few leaves still clung to branches around Champaign and Illini fans clung to dark-horse national championship ...

Morez Johnson Jr., the Illinois basketball freshman from Harvey Thornton, is out indefinitely after breaking his wrist on ...

Sign up for our daily basketball newsletter here Welcome to “Good Morning, Illini Nation,” your daily dose of college basketball news from Illini beat writer and AP Top 25 voter Scott Richey. He’ll ...

"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 Illinois basketball team built a 25-point lead and ... sparked by three consecutive 3-pointers by Ben Humrichous. The Illini still led by 23 points with five minutes left in the game, but ...

who helped the Illinois basketball program return to relevance in the 1980s, has died. A member of the 1983-84 Illini who won the school's first Big Ten title in 21 seasons, was 61. He was retired ...

The Illini are dark-horse Final Four contenders. If this team comes together, there's no telling how high it can climb. Unfortunately, the reality for Illini coach Brad Underwood and his squad isn ...

Efrem Winters, a key driver in the revival of Illinois basketball ... five-win Illini teams that preceded it. Winters, a McDonald's All-American at King, was part of a transformative recruiting ...