After a long college career, Chad Baker-Mazara has decided to spend his final season in the Big Ten. After being a key piece in an Auburn team that made the Final Four in 2025, Baker-Mazara hopes to ...

Scott Richey covers college basketball for The News-Gazette. His email is srichey@news-gazette.com, and you can follow him on ...

Big men have been a specialty of the Illinois basketball program, and we are trying to continue that trend in the near future ...

Under Bret Bielema, Illinois football is rising fast—winning games, upgrading facilities, and landing top recruits. Season ...

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The class of 2026 is wide open for the Illinois basketball team, as we try to land some serious talent. There are numerous ...

The Fighting Illini are one of the top schools in the hunt for the No. 15 prospect in the class of 2026. However, it's far from a sure deal.

Illinois basketball officially announced that they are heading to Nashville this season. There, the Illini are set to take on ...

Scott Richey covers college basketball for The News-Gazette. His email is srichey@news-gazette.com, and you can follow him on Twitter ( @srrichey ).

Former Illini coach Bill Self, now at Kansas, received rare commendation in a recent analysis of college basketball coaches ...

The Illinois basketball program has done numerous things right over the past half-decade or so. During the Brad Underwood era ...

Illinois men’s basketball could get an impact from four freshmen in the 2025-26 season. Two of those youngsters are already ...