The Spartans' win over Illinois bought breathing room against one of the Big Ten's most dangerous title contenders.

Illinois’ men’s basketball is coming off a tough loss at No. 12 Michigan State.Illinois dropped to 5-3 in conference play and ...

No. 13 Illinois looked out of sorts pretty much from the opening tip of Saturday's game in Champaign, where USC pulled off an ...

After going down early, Michigan State basketball survived a nail-biter vs. Illinois to stay undefeated and alone at the top ...

So no Kasparas Jakucionis, the star point with a left forearm injury? No crazy student section because they're on break?No ...

Scott Richey covers college basketball for The News-Gazette. His email is [email protected], and you can follow him on ...

Scott Richey covers college basketball for The News-Gazette. His email is [email protected], and you can follow him on ...

The Illini slowed the Spartans' fastbreak, but they also had their own best player brought to a screeching halt early ...

Two marquee matchups headlined the week: Michigan State-Illinois (Jan. 19) and Purdue-Oregon (Jan. 18). The Spartans and ...

That makes 11 straight wins, a perfect start to Big Ten play, and a significant showing ... just 2:54 into the game and forcing coach Brad Underwood to quickly sit his star, who entered averaging ...

Illinois basketball recently had a five-game win streak snapped with a home loss to Big Ten Conference newcomer ... mix for the NCAA Tournament. Coach Brad Underwood has Illinois basketball ...

Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball head coach Brad Underwood revealed after Sunday's game that Illinois center Tomislav Ivisic played through the game at Michigan State with strep throat.