WHAT HAPPENED Free throws. A lot of them. That Illinois was 31 of 35 at the free-throw line was a big part of how the Illini won on Sunday night. Sooner or later, Illinois has to get its backcourt duo ...

Marquette -27.5 from our friends at Draft Kings. THE PROJECTION: KenPom.com gives Marquette a 98% chance of victory, with a ...

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CHAMPAIGN — recalled one time when she looked up into the rafters at State Farm Center and realized just how few banners the Illinois women's basketball program had up there. That fact another ...

CHAMPAIGN — Illinois' season-opening win against Florida State, plus Sunday's grind-it-out victory against Marquette, pushed ...