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Illinois hosts the No. 11 Michigan State Spartans after Kasparas Jakucionis scored 24 points in Illinois' 83-78 win against the UCLA Bruins.

Tom Izzo has led Michigan State men's basketball to 26 straight NCAA tournament appearances. Now in his 30th season as the ...

Penn State takes on Illinois in Big Ten play Thursday. The teams meet Thursday for the first time this season.

A tough challenge awaits No. 11 Michigan State as it looks to make history at Illinois on Saturday. The Big Ten basketball matchup is slated to start at 8 p.m. and will air on FOX. Several streaming ...

With Tre White (flu) and Tomislav Ivisic (ankle) still recovering, here's the latest on Illini availability for Saturday ...

Tomislav Ivisic added 18 points and 11 rebounds for the Illini (16-8, 8-6 Big Ten), who lost four of their previous six games. Femi Odukale had a season-high 22 points and Lu’Cye Patterson added ...

Opening the season as the starting point guard for the Illini, Clark played well, averaging 7.0 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.1 assists, helping Illinois to a 9-4 start. Over those 13 games ...

The Illini dropped five spots this week, but Sunday's 87-79 bounce-back win over Ohio State was the response they needed. Meanwhile, the return of starting center Tomislav Ivisic was a huge ...

The Illini are tied in the loss column with Michigan State (which won the head to head), Maryland (Illinois won head to head) at fourth in the conference. If not a double-bye, Illinois still has a ...