Will Riley played two halves of dominant Big Ten basketball last month. First come a 16-point first half at Michigan State. The follow up was a 13-point second half Thursday at Nebraska where the ...

The Illini are basically computer darlings. They rank 10th in the NET, 10th in KenPom and sixth in Torvik and probably () aren't computer trickers. But outside of the metrics, Illinois has an odd ...

This same culture is part of the mountain Illinois must climb Tuesday. The underdog Illini have never faced South Carolina but stand 0-6 against SEC members. Furthermore, since Jan. 1, 1964 ...