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All eyes of the college sports world are currently on college football as the season just started, but that means that the start of college basketball is slowly approaching as well. It is expected to be another exciting season for Arkansas basketball and head coach Eric Musselman who has had the Razorbacks playing great basketball […]

The Chicago Bulls took a risk in selecting former Illinois Fighting Illini standout guard Ayo Dosunmu in the second round of the 2021 NBA Draft. Dosunmu, the high-octane combo guard from the Windy City, had a ton of potential but wasn’t able to lead a highly favored Illini team to the promised land during his […]

Illinois head men’s basketball coach Brad Underwood posted a fired-up reaction to Twitter after guard Terrence Shannon Jr. and forward Coleman Hawkins withdrew their names from the 2023 NBA Draft and chose to return to Illinois. 🔶🔷🔶🔷 pic.twitter.com/N7JtqzwQpK — Brad Underwood (@CoachUnderwood) June 1, 2023 Shannon, a former four-star recruit out of Chicago, Ill., led […]

Wednesday was the day for early entrants to withdraw their names from the NBA Draft and still be eligible to play college basketball. There were a few big names who made major decisions to return to college basketball while a few others opted to bet on themselves and keep their names in the draft. The […]

Terrence Shannon Jr. will be back in Champaign for one more year. The Illinois Fighting Illini star revealed that he will play his last year of eligibility with the team in the upcoming 2023-24 college basketball season after withdrawing his NBA Draft application. This is a huge win for Illinois basketball, which has made it […]

Following four collegiate seasons, Illinois guard Terrence Shannon Jr. has made a decision regarding his future. Shannon took to Twitter to announce that he would be declaring for the 2023 NBA Draft. “Illini nation, I don’t know where to start. I’ve been truly blessed to be a part of such a prestigious program! All of […]

College basketball fans enjoyed an amazing 2023 NCAA Tournament, but it has now come and gone. The UConn Huskies claimed their fifth title in school history, capping off a dominant tournament run with a 76-59 victory over the San Diego State Aztecs in the National Championship Game. Now that we have a champion, the offseason […]

Add Illinois basketball player Jayden Epps to the list of surprising names that are entering the transfer portal. After one season with the Illinois basketball program, Epps has announced his decision to pursue other options for the 2023-2024 season. “I am thankful for my coaches for giving me the opportunity to play Illinois basketball, as […]

The Illinois Fighting Illini take on the Arkansas Razorbacks. Our March Madness odds series has our Illinois Arkansas prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Illinois Arkansas. This is a fascinating game between two very talented but very erratic teams. It is a classic 8-9 game in the NCAA Tournament. Illinois is good enough […]

After leaving the Illinois Fighting Illini last January, freshman guard Skyy Clark has made the decision to enter the NCAA transfer portal, according to a report by Joe Tipton of On3. That means Illinois basketball is on the verge of losing a marquee 2022 recruit without even having his services for a full season. Skyy […]

The Michigan Wolverines will travel to take on the Illinois Fighting Illini in a Thursday night Big Ten college basketball matchup at the State Farm Center. With that said, check out our college basketball odds series which has our Michigan-Illinois prediction and pick. Michigan has been okay this season, going 17-12 overall, including an 11-7 record […]

The Northwestern Wildcats will travel to take on the Illinois Fighting Illini in a Thursday night Big Ten college basketball matchup at the State Farm Center. With that said, check out our college basketball odds series which has our Northwestern-Illinois prediction and pick. Northwestern has surprised some this season, going 20-7, including an 11-5 record […]

Two teams heading in different directions will meet in the Big Ten Conference clash. The Minnesota Golden Gophers (7-17) will look to pick up a much-needed win against the rivaled Illinois Fighting Illini (17-9). Can Minnesota pull off the upset on the road? Check out our college basketball odds series for our Minnesota-Illinois prediction and […]

The Illinois Fighting Illini might still not have senior Terrence Shannon ready to go for Monday night’s matchup against the Minnesota Golden Gophers at home. Illinois basketball has dropped its last two games, including Saturday’s 71-68 defeat at the hands of the Indiana Hoosiers in Bloomington which Shannon missed due to concussion. Via Jon Rothstein […]

Big Ten basketball will be live from State College, PA on Valentine’s Day for a matchup between two teams heading in opposite directions lately. The Illinois Fighting Illini (17-7) will be hosted by the Penn State Nittany Lions (14-11). Illinois will be looking to continue their hot streak while Penn State looks to break their […]

A midseason college basketball game between Iowa and Illinois regularly carries a high level of intensity whether the two teams are meetings in Champaign or Iowa City. Expect Saturday’s Big Ten game between the Hawkeyes and the Fighting Illini on Iowa’s home court to have even more passion than usual. The Iowa Athletic Department has […]

The Ohio State Buckeyes take on the Illinois Fighting Illini. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Ohio State Illinois prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Ohio State Illinois. The Ohio State Buckeyes are in 12th place in the Big Ten. That doesn’t mean they’re eliminated from the NCAA Tournament — […]

The Indiana Hoosiers take on the Illinois Fighting Illini. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Indiana Illinois prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Indiana Illinois. The Indiana Hoosiers were playing like a Big Ten championship contender early in the season. Trayce Jackson-Davis, IU’s elite big man, was thriving. His supporting […]

The Michigan State Spartans take on the Illinois Fighting Illini. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Michigan State Illinois prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Michigan State Illinois. The Michigan State Spartans defeated Michigan this past weekend and then won at Wisconsin earlier this week. Tom Izzo has turned things […]

The rejuvenation of Illinois women’s basketball program reached a new high after the Fighting Illini took down No. 12 Iowa for their first win against a ranked opponent in eight years. First year head coach Shauna Green has led the team to a 13-2 record after it won only 12 games the previous two seasons. […]

The Illinois Fighting Illini take on the Missouri Tigers in St. Louis. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Illinois Missouri prediction and pick. The Braggin’ Rights game is annually one of the most contentious, lively, fiercely-played games in college basketball. Illinois and Missouri gather in St. Louis for a game which regularly […]

Illinois men’s basketball head coach Brad Underwood was not happy after his team looked flat in their loss to unranked Penn State. It was the second conference loss the No. 17 Illini suffered this season (though the team did beat No. 2 Texas the game before). Underwood lit into his team’s “lack of leadership” during […]

The Texas Longhorns are undefeated no more. That is after Texas basketball suffered an 85-78 overtime loss at the hands of the Illinois Fighting Illini Tuesday night. Surely, there are a dozen of things running through the mind of Texas head coach Chris Beard, but he was not going to forget giving a classy shoutout […]

The Illinois Fighting Illini take on the Texas Longhorns in New York. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Illinois Texas prediction and pick. The Texas Longhorns have started the season brilliantly under coach Chris Beard. They blitzed Gonzaga, but that was just one game. If the Longhorns could back that up with […]

Luka Doncic was not the only one who put up a notable triple-double Tuesday night. There was also Coleman Hawkins of the Illinois Fighting Illini, who stitched together a fantastic stat line to help Illinois basketball wallop the Syracuse Orange right in Champaigne, 73-44. Hawkins did it all for Illinois basketball, as he scored 15 […]

The Syracuse Orange take on the Illinois Fighting Illini. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Syracuse Illinois prediction and pick. The Syracuse Orange are in big trouble. They have just lost consecutive games to St. John’s and Bryant. Yes, Bryant beat Jim Boeheim’s team over the Thanksgiving weekend. Syracuse trailed by a […]

The Illinois Fighting Illini take on the Virginia Cavaliers. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Illinois Virginia prediction and pick. The Virginia Cavaliers won the 2019 national championship because they married Tony Bennett’s signature “pack line” defense with an offense which could produce. Virginia knows how to defend; the question is always […]

It has been a good weekend for the Illinois Fighting Illini. After the football team destroyed Wyoming Saturday to start their 2022 season, the Illinois basketball program got some major news Sunday in the form of a commitment from four-star prospect Amani Hansberry. The 6-foot-8 forward out of Baltimore ranks No. 52 in the college […]

Illinois Fighting Illini star center Kofi Cockburn announced Wednesday that he will be entering the 2022 NBA Draft and will hire an agent, ending a legendary college career in Champaign. Cockburn took to social media with his announcement, featuring a lengthy message: NEXT CHAPTER 🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/Wz6xzAUl51 — King Kofi (@kxng_alpha) April 20, 2022 With the […]

The referees stole the show in the Illinois Fighting Illini’s loss in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. In their 68-53 loss to the Houston Cougars, they were on the wrong side of one of the most ridiculous calls. After a fast-break dunk, Illinois guard RJ Melendez hung on the rim for a second […]

The Houston Cougars stamped their ticket to the Sweet 16 in convincing fashion on Sunday, as they took care of business with a 68-53 round of 32 win against the No. 4 ranked Illinois Fighting Illini in the NCAA Tournament South region. As was the case in its first-round win over UAB, Houston needed to […]

Southern champion 13-seed Chattanooga are set to face off against Big Ten power and four-seed Illinois in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Take a look at our March Madness odds series which includes our Chattanooga Illinois prediction and pick. The madness has officially arrived! Entering the tournament, Chattanooga completed their historic […]

The Indiana Hoosiers are most likely back in the NCAA Tournament after beating Illinois in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament. Former New York Knicks head coach and current Hoosiers coach Mike Woodson was as excited about the victory as anyone, as he uttered a word that the television networks may not be so […]

The Arizona Wildcats have had an outstanding season so far, as they are currently ranked as the number-two team in the nation, though that ranking will change following their loss to unranked Colorado over the weekend. The bottom line is, the Wildcats are enjoying success on the court right now, something that they have put […]

The NCAA continues Friday night with an elite Big Ten matchup! It’s time to continue our college basketball odds series with an Illinois-Maryland prediction and pick. Illinois comes into this game as the No. 17 team in the country. They have a 13-4 record and are 6-1 in conference play, putting them in second place […]

This could be an exciting Big Ten matchup to watch Friday night! It’s time to continue our college basketball odds series with a Michigan-Illinois prediction and pick. Michigan started off the season as the No. 4 ranked team in the nation. That turned out to be a terrible decision by the committee because even if […]

The Chicago Bears finally won a game on Thanksgiving as they beat the Detroit Lions. But, that hasn’t stopped the fans from wanting Matt Nagy fired. At a recent Notre Dame-Illinois college basketball game, the Fighting Illini supporters began their own “fire Nagy” chants: Yikes. A whole different sport and the Bears head coach is […]

Illinois junior center Kofi Cockburn will miss the first three games of the 2021-22 regular season for the Fighting Illini. Cockburn was suspended by the NCAA due to selling institutionally issued apparel and memorabilia in June of this year. Unfortunately for Cockburn if he did this a month later he wouldn’t have gotten into any […]

It’s official: college basketball’s top point guard is headed to the 2021 NBA Draft. Illinois junior Ayo Dosunmu — winner of the 2021 Bob Cousy Award after averaging 20.1 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 5.3 assists for the Fighting Illini — announced his decision on ESPN’s “The Jump” on Tuesday, opting to forgo his remaining eligibility […]