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With a lively, large audience listening in, director Barry Houser and the Marching Illini rocked the Esquire in downtown ...

Track and field had a successful meet last weekend at the Fighting Illini Challenge, with eight first place finishes.

Following a strong performance at the Hoosier Horsepower Classic, Illinois track and field hosted nine other schools, ...

Kasparas Jakucionis had 21 points and seven assists and Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn scored 15 points for Illinois (13-6, 5-4), which lost for the third time in four games and dropped consecutive games for the ...

The Illini still led by 23 points with five minutes left in the game, but sloppy, unfocused play in the final minutes allowed Northwestern to cut that deficit. Illinois put five players into ...

Joseph is one of several ex-Illini to have successfully transitioned to the NFL, including Nate Hobbs Jr., Sydney and Chase Brown, Tommy DeVito, De'Von Witherspoon and Nick Allegretti in recent years.

That's Illinois, according to the NET, KenPom.com and BartTorvik.com — even after Thursday's 91-70 loss at home to Maryland that dropped the Illini to 13-6 overall, 5-4 in the league.

Illinois committed 16 turnovers that led to 27 Maryland points. The Illini were without leading rebounder and No. 2 scorer 7-foot-1 Tomislav Ivisic, who was sidelined with strep throat.

Efrem Winters, a key driver in the revival of Illinois basketball in the mid-1980s and a widely beloved figure among Illini fans, died Monday at age 61 after battling an illness for several years.

The Fighting Illini have gone 8-3 in home games. Illinois leads the Big Ten in rebounding, averaging 41.8 boards. Tomislav Ivisic paces the Fighting Illini with 8.5 rebounds. The Wildcats have ...