Illinois athletics Kasparas Jakucionis defends during Sunday’s Braggin’ Rights game against Missouri at the Enterprise Center ...

No. 24 Illinois faces the Chicago State Cougars after Kasparas Jakucionis scored 21 points in Illinois' 80-77 win over the Missouri Tigers. Sunday's meeting is the first this season between ...

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As we approach the new year and conference play we are able to look at how the season has gone so far. One of the more ...

What to know to watch the Illinois Fighting Illini vs. Chicago State University men's basketball game via TV and online live ...

Freshman guard Kasparas Jakucionis hit a 12-foot fadeaway with 28 seconds left to snap the game's final tie as Illinois ...

The resumption of Big Ten play is right around the corner. Before the new year hits, Illini beat writer Scott Richey takes his first stab at a full All-Big Ten team with at least a dozen games in the ...

The advanced metrics favor Illinois as the new year approaches. The Illini rank 10th in Torvik, 23rd in KenPom and 14th in the NET after an 8-3 start to the season. Here's a look at some interesting ...

He is averaging just 0.9 steals and 0.2 blocks this season. Yet he is arguably in the running with guard Kasparas Jakucionis ...

St. Louis-area men's college basketball teams are preparing to dive into conference play, where road games become common and deficiencies can no longer be hidden by shrewd scheduling.

Two weekends ago, when Missouri had a chance to knock off the No. 1 team in the nation in a home game, the Tigers came ...

Illinois held the lead for nearly 30 minutes of game time, but a late rally by Missouri took the game down to the wire.