Illinois' Underwood and Bielema are comfortable in finding themselves working through one tossup encounter after another.

Illinois basketball is coming off one of the toughest losses in recent memory. The Illini held strong against the Spartans on Sunday. This could have been a blo

Even with all the whistles and without the win, there was plenty for the Illini to learn from the Spartans game

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No Illini team has matched a 1946 stretch of four consecutive games — all vital to the Rose Bowl march — each of which appeared to be lost.

No. 13 Illinois looked out of sorts pretty much from the opening tip of Saturday's game in Champaign, where USC pulled off an 82-72 upset and didn't so much mak

Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball center Tomislav Ivisic played 28 minutes with strep throat, in a narrow loss to Michigan State.

Tom Izzo managed to beat his old friend Brad Underwood on Sunday as Michigan State basketball held on to beat Illinois at home. It was a tough, grind-it-out win over Illinois as the Spartans struggled to hit shots, but they did outperform Illinois at the free throw line and that was ultimately the difference.

Tre Holloman had 17 points, Coen Carr and Frankie Fidler scored 11 each and No. 12 Michigan State held on to beat No. 19 Illinois 80-78.

When Illinois men's basketball coach Brad Underwood arrived in Champaign in 2017, he inherited a broken down, non-identifiable Big Ten blue blood starving for excellence. Eight years later ...

The Illini center wasn't at his best but nevertheless came through on Sunday despite suffering from strep throat