As one of 62 voters in the weekly AP poll, I had the Illini at No. 20 on my preseason ballot. Two weeks ago, I had them ...

It was an inflection point during a 22-point Illini turnaround. Gibbs-Lawhorn's reaction – and that of the State Farm Center crowd – was as much an acknowledgement of the momentum shift as it was a ...

Four days later inside a much more raucous State Farm Center, Diebler again pulled the freshman near and put his right arm ...