The Illini opened with a big win, but learned a returning starter will sit out for the 2024-25 college basketball season.

Ty Rodgers started all 38 games for Illinois last season. He apparently won’t play in one in 2024-25. Illinois coach Brad ...

Brad Underwood walked off the court at TD Garden in Boston on March 30 with two thoughts clear in his mind. The first was he had just witnessed a championship-caliber team run roughshod over his own.

Illinois' most experienced players could be crucial in guiding a younger team when the 2024-25 season opens Monday ...

Ty Rodgers didn't find his way to Lou Henson Court until right before the start of Monday night's season opener against Eastern Illinois. When he did, he was in a gray Illinois basketball sweatsuit.

What happened Season-opening wins against Eastern Illinois have now become a trend for Illinois in the Brad Underwood era. Monday's 112-67 victory was the third in three years on the first day of the ...

He did much of the team’s dirty work while averaging 6.2 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists. Illinois coach Brad Underwood has always loved blue collar players like Rodgers. “I always say this about ...

Will Riley and Morez Johnson Jr. (and Kasparas Jakucionis?) wasted no time etching their names into program history ...

Illinois' pursuit of Will Riley didn't kick into overdrive until Orlando Antigua returned to the program as associate head coach. Riley had an Illini offer. Brad Underwood's usual cast-a-wide-net ...

Is it really basketball season already? Seems like the World Series just ended .... oh, it did. Congrats to Freddie Freeman. The general consensus is Brad Underwood's team is heading back to the NCAA ...

Ty Rodgers will not be in uniform for Monday night's game against Eastern Illinois. Per team spokesman Derrick Burson, the junior guard met with Illini coach Brad Underwood in the past 24 hours and ...