Gary Reinmuth

A whopping 41 percent of e-mail respondents to a poll conducted by ESPN.com believe Illinois is the least likely of the NCAA tournament's four No. 1 seeds to reach the...

The Frank Williams who had 13 points, 11 assists and no turnovers in Illinois' rout of Purdue on Friday was the same Frank Williams who scored 14 points and had...

Minnesota guard Kerwin Fleming had a raft of friends and family watching Thursday at the United Center. "I wanted to give them a little show," said Fleming, a product of...

The Big Ten tournament tips off Thursday, with Illinois and Michigan State in the running for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. At least three more teams--Ohio State,...

Point guard Frank Williams, who bruised his tailbone against Iowa last Thursday, is expected to play against Northwestern Wednesday night. Center Marcus Griffin, who bruised his backside against Michigan on...

One man's aggressive hand-check is another man's ticky-tack foul. That has never been more true than in the Big Ten this season, where the NCAA rules committee's new emphasis on...

New Illinois head coach Bill Self's first recruiting class was no surprise, nor was Self's prediction that the two players he signed could see some quality playing time as freshmen....

"Hey, Fred!" As he trotted off the Memorial Stadium turf Saturday and prepared to make a right turn into the tunnel to the Illinois locker room, senior defensive end Fred...

While Northwestern, South Carolina and Michigan State were shaking up the rankings this week, Illinois had to settle for merely shaking up Michigan. Don't tell coach Ron Turner his Illini...

A magnetic resonance imaging test done on injured Illinois junior quarterback Kurt Kittner's right knee revealed only a slight sprain. Kittner has been cleared to practice Tuesday and is expected...