Carey Booth is the first Illinois men's basketball player to enter the NCAA transfer portal. The 6-foot-10 sophomore forward becomes the first Fighting Illini player from the 2024-25 roster to ...

The Illinois basketball team got a lift from big man Tomislav Ivisic early in its first-round NCAA Tournament game against Xavier. The versatile 7-foot-1, 255-pound center averaged 12.5 points and ...

The Illinois Fighting Illini season came to an end against the Kentucky Wildcats in the second round of the 2025 NCAA Tournament on Sunday at Milwaukee's Fiserv Forum. Kentucky put away the Illini ...

The Illinois Media released their girls basketball all-state team on Tuesday afternoon. Peoria Notre Dame junior Lexi Baer was named the inaugural Class 2A Steve Tappa player of the year.

AND WE JUST OVERCAME IT ALL. WHEN OAK PARK HIGH SCHOOL DECIDED TO HIRE FORMER KU BASKETBALL STAR SHERRON COLLINS AS THEIR HEAD COACH, THERE WAS NO QUESTIONING HIS WINNING PEDIGREE, NOR THE FACT ...

Several Rockford area high school basketball players have earned All-State honors. Two weeks ago, the state’s coaches ...

FOLLOW THE MADNESS: NCAA women's basketball scores, schedules, teams and more. Mwenentanda had also grabbed six rebounds. Illinois has twice pulled within 19 points in this final frame ...

MADISON − Racine Park boys basketball coach Casey Robbins said it best Saturday night: Star players don't win you games, role players do. Jake Hansen's steal of an Isaiah Robinson inbounds pass ...

John Badman is a 1982 graduate of SIU-Carbondale, with a major in cinema and photography and a minor in law enforcement administration of justice. He has worked at The Telegraph in Alton full-time ...

By David Waldstein The 5-year-old boy was a fixture on that New York City playground ... New York Basketball, the highest honor for a male player in the state. Credit...John Jones/Icon Sportswire ...

AUSTIN, Texas — No. 8 Illinois earned its first women’s NCAA Tournament win in 25 years with a huge dose of muscle and finesse from rugged senior forward Kendall Bostic. A matchup Monday with ...