Andrew Bagnato

Illinois` volleyball team, the top seed in the Mideast Region, opens the first round of the NCAA tournament against Ohio State at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Champaign`s Huff Hall. The...

Illinois` women`s basketball team is reaching for the top-the top half of the Big 10, that is. The Fighting Illini, riding a slide of five straight sub-.500 seasons, hope to...

The Big 10 volleyball title and the top seed in the NCAA Mideast Region will be at stake when sixth-ranked Illinois takes on No. 9 Penn State Friday night in...

Illinois basketball coach Lou Henson completed a successful early signing period Monday when Burie Clark, a 6-foot-8-inch forward from Indian Hills (Iowa) College, signed a letter of intent. Clark, who...

Illinois` Kirsten Gleis was named Big 10 volleyball player of the week Monday, the third time this year she has won the award. Gleis, a senior from Enschede, Netherlands, hit...

When Illinois plays Michigan State on Nov. 21 in Champaign, a bid to the Independence Bowl could be on the line. ''That`s a pretty accurate scenario,'' said Orvis Sigler, selection...

Westinghouse guard Kiwane Garris, generally regarded as the state`s second-best basketball prospect behind King`s 7-foot center Rashard Griffith, announced that he will sign with Illinois when the early signing period...

The Illinois volleyball team, ranked seventh in the nation, swept road matches with Minnesota and Iowa by a combined score of six games to none. But the Illini started slowly...

Illinois will start its basketball season with a scrimmage at 12:01 a.m. Sunday in Assembly Hall. Under NCAA rules, that`s the earliest possible time for an organized basketball practice, but...

A year ago, coaches Lou Henson of Illinois and Bobby Knight of Indiana livened up the Big 10 men`s basketball tipoff luncheon by throwing verbal uppercuts on the dais. The...