The Illini have produced a number of stars over the past 25 years, and in this Illinois on SI series we highlight the best of the best ...

If one was predicting friendships within the Illinois basketball program, there could be some obvious guesses. Ben Humrichous ...

Illinois signed Mihailo Petrovic, but the wait for the 22-year-old Serbian point guard to arrive in Champaign continues ...

If you just look on paper, Brad Underwood didn’t pull in a great recruiting class for 2025. The Illini finished ranked No. 47 in the country for the class of 20 ...

Kasparas Jakucionis brings European flair and relentless playmaking to Miami, a young guard whose size, skill and fearless ...

However, Jakucionis didn’t do himself much justice during his first taste of professional basketball. He struggled throughout ...

The Heat saw what they needed from rookie Kasparas Jakucionis, but his NBA readiness, particularly ball security, is still a ...

With the summer just wrapping up, the defending summer league champs end their time in Vegas with a disappointing 2-3 record.

While it was an up-and-down Summer League for Miami Heat rookie Kasparas Jakucionis, there are still aspects to take away from his first taste of NBA action. As Jakucionos would also speak about his ...

I caught up with former Illinois head basketball coach Bruce Weber.He led Illinois to the national championship game in 2005, ...

Previewing the Illini Illinois lost two NBA players -- Kasparas Jakucionis and Will Riley, who combined for 27 PPG. But Illini head coach Brad Underwood reloaded with professional Eastern Europeans, ...

The six former Illinois standouts on Summer League rosters represented a cross section of all those player types. Here's a look at how they fared.