Saturday was a rubber-hits-the-road moment for No. 23 Illinois ... basketball world at large can be forgiven if they're slow to believe what their eyes seemed to tell them at Williams Arena ...

The Illinois Illini and UCLA Bruins are set for a Big Ten college basketball showdown inside ... One of these teams is leaving the arena with a win and both will be battling hard to ensure it ...

Illinois basketball has slavishly chased the numbers ... Minnesota out of its own building in a 95-74 clinic at Williams Arena in Minneapolis. The performance was half revelation, half wake ...

CHAMPAIGN — The gap between what the No. 23 Illinois men’s basketball team wants to be ... the Gophers at 5 p.m. Saturday at Williams Arena in Minneapolis is not the same one that came home ...

Orange Krush greets Illinois forward Will Riley (7) after the game in a NCAA basketball game at the State ... Site: Williams Arena (14,625); Minneapolis. Radio: Brian Barnhart (play-by-play ...

Lu'Cye Patterson scored a season-high 24 points and Femi Odukale had a season-high 22, but No. 23/25 Illinois (16-8, 8-6 Big Ten) shot 63.2 percent in a 95-74 win over Minnesota (12-12, 4-9 B1G) at ...

Still, Illinois' metrics continue to be in a pretty ... The Scarlet Knights are 2-3 in Big Ten home games at Jersey Mike's Arena this season. After going to Rutgers, the Illini will then travel ...

When he and Juwan do what they did on the road trip, we're a really good basketball team ... They also had a double-digit lead at Illinois before losing. They are 26th in the NET rankings ...

FYI: One of the hottest teams in the country storms into Normal on a night of possibly heavy snowfall. The Bulldogs have won 10 straight and are ranked No. 2 in the collegeinsider.com poll of mid ...

Illinois forward Will Riley drives past Minnesota guard Femi Odukale during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, in Minneapolis. Illinois center Tomislav ...

Illinois basketball had another up-and-down week, struggling on the road but following that up with another victory on the road to the NCAA Tournament. Coach Brad Underwood has Illinois basketball ...