Illinois head basketball coach John Groce announced Wednesday that sophomore forward Austin Colbert has decided to transfer.
“After meeting with Austin, he and I agree that it is in his best interest...
If you take a quick look at Saturday’s matchup between Michigan State and Illinois on paper, it’s difficult to be optimistic about the Illini’s chances.
The game is at Michigan State and John...
Malcolm Hill turned off a double team with just seconds remaining and drove to the basket. The baby-face sophomore had already given his Illini team all he could: 25 points, four rebounds, 37 minutes on...
llinois basketball headed to the Las Vegas Invitational knowing it would receive its first true test of the young season.
That test didn’t come Thanksgiving Day, as the Illini easily dispatched Indiana...
Illinois head coach John Groce didn’t recruit Nnanna Egwu to Champaign.
Groce was the head man at Ohio when Egwu committed to former Illini coach Bruce Weber in 2009. But now, Groce, beginning his third...
Michael Finke doesn’t have to travel far to get to the State Farm Center.
His home in Champaign is only about four miles from Illinois basketball’s home court.
The Champaign native is one of two incoming...
With 26 seconds left, the shot clock winding down and Illinois leading by one, the Illini found themselves in a familiar position Sunday.
In Illinois’ last two trips to State College, Pa., Penn State...
