The University of Washington basketball team never led against visiting Illinois over the full 40 minutes. Fell behind by 17 points early on. Was ready to do a ...

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A game that looked like a potential blowout in the first half, turned into a nailbiter down the stretch Sunday for Illinois. But the No. 22-ranked Illini hung on to defeat the University of Washington ...

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

Gibbs-Lawhorn snuffed out a pair of Washington fast-break opportunities. Attacked the basket at the other end with the important caveat that he also finished at the rim. The sophomore guard’s solid ...

Illinois' first true test of the season turned into a hard-fought bummer. No sweat for coach Brad Underwood, who has all sorts of teaching moments for his team. Points were easy to come by as Brad ...

Illinois center Tomislav Ivisic (13) loses the rebound against Washington guard DJ Davis, left, and guard Tyree Ihenacho, ...

No. 22 Illinois (10-3, 2-1 Big Ten) is fresh off a Duck domination, in which it took down No. 9 Oregon 109-77 in Eugene on Thursday – the largest margin of victory for a road squad against a top-10 ...

MaximumSam: The clamps were on for both teams, but the Huskers went on a run in the second half to open up a 13 point lead ...

"He elevates his teammates at a very high level," Illini coach Brad Underwood said of Osobor, who followed coach Danny ...

Illinois coach Brad Underwood did not want to linger on Thursday night's historic Big Ten Conference victory at No. 9 Oregon.

Plenty of basketball remains to be played, but the Illini's standing in the NET rankings currently positions them to compete for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament (whose selection committee uses NET ...