By Jackson Janes, Sports Editor
• September 16, 2021
Illinois men's basketball head coach Brad Underwood will extend his contract through the 2026-2027 season, athletic director Josh Whitman announced on Thursday, pending the green light from the UI Board...
With less than two months to go until basketball is back in Champaign, the Illinois men’s basketball team has released its full schedule. Despite the loss of Ayo Dosunmu to the NBA, Illini fans have...
The Big Ten unveiled its conference schedule for both men's and women's basketball on Wednesday afternoon. The Illini men's team will open its conference slate at State Farm Center against Rutgers on Dec....
Ayo Dosunmu got his first taste of NBA (summer league) action last week in Las Vegas. I was in attendance for three of his first five games and took notes on his games. Here are my thoughts on Dosunmu’s...
By Claire O, Sports Digital Content Creator
• August 9, 2021
The Illinois men’s basketball team released its nonconference schedule Monday morning. Many of the teams on the schedule are ones the Illini haven’t played in some time, with majority of games played...
By Will Payne, Assistant Sports Editor
• July 30, 2021
After last night’s NBA Draft, a flurry of Summer League invites were sent out by teams to undrafted rookies. Former Illinois forward Giorgi Bezhanishvili was the lucky recipient of one of these invites,...
It was an emotional roller coaster of a night for Ayo Dosunmu. Believed to have a chance to go in the first round of the 2021 NBA Draft, the Chicago native could do nothing but sit and wait as players...
After months of speculation and standout performances, the time has come: Ayo Dosunmu has been selected by his hometown Chicago Bulls in the second round of the 2021 NBA Draft.
Dosunmu, a Chicago...
The eighth annual The Basketball Tournament has started this year, along with it is the chance to win the $1 million cash prize.
Today, the Illinois regional began the first session of this long four-day...
Basketball has always ended in May or June every year since the merger of the NBA and ABA in 1976. This trend came to an end, though, when the COVID-19 pandemic pushed back two of the NBA seasons and forced...
When Kofi Cockburn entered the transfer portal on July 1, Champaign was in shock.
The college basketball world had been shaken up by the transfer portal this offseason, with a record number of guys...
Center Kofi Cockburn announced Friday that he will be returning to Illinois for his junior season after initially declaring for the 2021 NBA Draft and entering the transfer portal.
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