2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (403+ words) To win basketball games in late March and early April, sometimes you have to think outside the box. Illinois has already done that on its run to the Final Four, unveiling a completely different pick-and-roll coverage against Houston in the…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (298+ words) Illinois (28-8) entered the NCAA Tournament as losers of five of its previous nine, but it flipped a switch in the Big Dance and rattled off four straight wins " and extremely convincing ones at that. Now the Illini are set for…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (312+ words) Illinois is currently being traded at 54%, while the Huskies sit at 46%. The Fighting Illini are favored by 2.5 points. It's also worth noting that Illinois hasn't exactly been a darling in prediction markets this tournament. Their opponents have consistently drawn the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (521+ words) The South Region was blown completely wide open after the Iowa Hawkeyes defeated the top-seeded Florida Gators. Iowa will take on the Nebraska Cornhuskers, but whoever wins that game will have a tall order in an Elite Eight matchup against…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (324+ words) Less than two weeks remain in the 2025-26 college basketball season, and if by now Illinois (26-8) hasn't learned from its past mistakes and built the rhino skin and lion's heart it needs to survive the wilds of the NCAA Tournament's final…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (411+ words) As a team, Illinois has a variety of commendable traits. The Illini aren't a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament by chance " they've earned it. And the key ingredient in the recipe for their success, one that stands head-and-shoulders above…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (356+ words) Illinois has lost a handful of receivers in the offseason, including go-to target Hank Beatty and portal departures Alexander-Capka Jones and Mario Sanders II. But Illini coach Bret BIelema has done a solid job of retooling at the position since, and…...

3+ week, 4+ hour ago  (245+ words) CHICAGO " Jeremy Fears Jr., Morez Johnson Jr. and Bill Self, you have company.Illinois men's basketball fans keep a running list " maybe not a physical, pen-and-paper list, but a list nonetheless " of the program's current Enemies No. 1, 2 and so on....

1+ mon, 59+ min ago  (312+ words) I want whatever Brad said over the weekend to them pumped into my brain. Different effort all over the floor today. #illini Defensive intensity night and day from the last 10-12 days. Bottle this up. Flying around. Covering. Helping. Contesting. Much,…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (605+ words) The transfer portal has dramatically altered college sports over the past few years. In basketball, after March Madness winds down, the true madness begins. Rosters can be decimated in mere days by transfer-portal departures, and even relatively stable teams wind…...