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UPDATED: Illini women's basketball investigation: no evidence of racism, abuse

August 3, 2015

And just like that, one of the investigations into the Illinois athletic department is over.Editor's...

UPDATED: Former Illinois women's basketball players file suit against Matt Bollant, others

July 1, 2015

Former Illinois basketball players took the next step in their allegations against head women's basket...

UPDATED: Illinois women’s basketball assistant coach leaves program under storm of accusations

May 18, 2015

The Illinois football program is not the only sport at the University that is dealing with allegatio...

Led by White, Illinois women’s basketball has solid season

By Joey Figueroa

May 10, 2015

By joey figueroaStaff writerHeading into the 2014-2015 season, the Illinois women’s basketball team had nowhere to go but up.Led by new veteran transfers and a five-star recruit, the Illini may have even exceeded expectations and stayed on the right track in head coach Matt Bollant’s rebuilding processmp.Illinois finish...

Illinois women’s basketball tops Minnesota

By Joey Figueroa

February 6, 2015

Maybe all the Illinois women’s basketball team needed was a later start. Even though tip-off at the State Farm Center on Thursday was an hour later than usual, Illinois (12-11, 3-8 Big Ten) found its groove early on its way to a 95-69 win over Minnesota (17-6, 6-5). The Illini ended their seven-game losing streak with the...

Illinois women’s basketball hosts Minnesota

February 5, 2015

Practice makes perfect. At least that’s the hope for the Illinois women’s basketball team. As Illi...

Illinois women’s basketball finding its bench rotation

February 4, 2015

There isn’t much going right for the Illinois women’s basketball team right now. Currently on a sev...

Illinois women’s basketball loses seventh straight

February 2, 2015

When Ivory Crawford’s name was announced in the starting five for Illinois on Sunday, the Illini faithful got loud. The excitement lasted well into the first half, but not much longer. Wisconsin busted out of its four-game losing skid with a 73-62 win over Illinois at State Farm Center. With the deficit only at four points ...

Slow starts hurt Illinois women’s basketball

January 28, 2015

It hasn’t been a matter of finishing for the Illinois women’s basketball team, it has been a matte...

Illinois women’s basketball drops fifth straight

January 27, 2015

Since losing senior leader Ivory Crawford to a knee injury almost two weeks ago, the Illinois women’s basketball team has been in a scoring slump. Illinois has only cleared 60 points once during its current five-game losing streak, and continued that trend in a 70-57 loss at Michigan on Monday night at the Crisler Center in Ann Ar...

Illinois women’s basketball heads to Michigan

January 26, 2015

Now stuck in a four-game losing streak, the Illinois women’s basketball team will look to right th...

Illinois women’s basketball adjusting without Crawford

January 21, 2015

Sitting at 2-4 in Big Ten play, the Illinois women’s basketball team and head coach Matt Bollant are already forced to adjust to a major bump in the road. Senior guard Ivory Crawford has now been sidelined for a week with a knee injury. “Obviously, the injury to Ivory (Crawford) is a big deal to us, she’s kind of our se...