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Illinois freshman Morez Johnson Jr., left, gets vertical to block teammate Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn at the rim during a preseason ...

Forward Erica Finney announced her commitment to Illinois on Thursday, Oct. 10, via a post on Instagram. The forward out of ...

Makira Cook will turn 23 years old about a month into the Illinois women's basketball team's upcoming season. That Nov. 30 birthday made Cook an 18-year-old when she arrived on the Dayton campus in ...

Kankakee (Ill.) junior wing Lincoln Williams is becoming a priority recruit for the Illini in the 2026 class, as the two sides have gotten quite familiar with each other this fall. Brad Underwood ...

The Illini were front and center for Brad Beal Elite's 16U championship run at Peach Jam back in July, and 6-foot-10 big man Sheek Pearson played a big part in his team securing the trophy.

Purdue football’s on-field results have started to affect recruiting, adding urgency to the need for competitive improvement Saturday at Illinois. We preview that game with Illini Inquirer’s Jeremy ...

And then there were two. The Illinois women's basketball team added to its 2025 recruiting class in the early-morning hours on Thursday with ATC Academy Australia announcing on its Instagram account ...

Inevitably, the debate of where the program ranks among all college basketball programs nationally would rage — mostly among Fighting Illini fans ... and the fertile recruiting ground throughout ...

When Illinois Director of Athletics Josh Whitman made a change in the direction of the women’s basketball program, he found ...

Kansas State basketball transfer Coleman Hawkins wanted to showcase his versatility, which was exactly what Wildcats coach ...