After a close and tough loss to Michigan State on Sunday, teh University of Illinois men’s basketball team is back at home and it doesn’t get any easier.

Analyst Andy Katz believes it's a four-man race for Big Ten Player of the Year between Braden Smith, Danny Wolf, Vladislav Goldin and Kasparas Jakucionis.

Even with all the whistles and without the win, there was plenty for the Illini to learn from the Spartans game ...

Illinois freshmen Kasparas Jakucionis and Will Riley and Maryland rookie Derik Queen all could hear their names announced ...

Sitting in between Illinois assistant coaches Kwa Jones, left, and Geoff Alexander, Kasparas Jakucionis watches from the ...

BOTTOM LINE: Maryland plays No. 17 Illinois after Ja'Kobi Gillespie scored 22 points in Maryland's 69-66 victory over the Nebraska Cornhuskers. The Fighting Illini are 8-2 on their home court.

An updated NBA mock draft, with Cooper Flagg heading north and the Spurs landing Victor Wembanyama's point guard of the future.

West Virginia took advantage of the absence of Iowa State forward Milan Momcilovic, who leads the Cyclones shooting 44.3 ...

To be fair to Michigan State coach Tom Izzo, there aren't as many Alan Andersons and Shannon Browns across college basketball as there once were.

After a week that saw the Illini win big and lose a close one, Monday's results seemed to reflect a shift in voter opinion ...

Jan. 14: Illinois 94, Illinois 69 — The Illini piled up their largest road win in the series, getting 21 points from Kasparas ...

Illinois basketball is coming off one of the toughest losses in recent memory. The Illini held strong against the Spartans on Sunday. This could have been a blo ...