Desmond Claude scored a season-high 31 points to lead Southern California to an 82-72 win over No. 13 Illinois.

While No. 13 Illinois is unsure of its leading scorer's status for Saturday afternoon's visit from Southern California in Champaign, Ill., the Fighting Illini are confident in their depth if Jakucionis sits out. Illinois (12-3, 4-1 Big Ten) is averaging 87 ...

An Illinois fire department says the systems needed to fight a fire as large as the ones in California don't exist.

The wildfires in Southern California have led to the evacuations of over 130,000 people and have destroyed over 10,000 structures. Overlaying the wildfire outbreak across other major U.S. cities shows that the blaze is one of the worst in United States history, as it continues to spread across residential areas in Los Angeles.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) Desmond Claude scored a season-high 31 points to lead Southern California to an 82-72 win over No. 13 Illinois on Saturday. Wesley Yates III had 15 points - shooting 7 of 8 ...

An Illinois fire department says the systems needed to fight a fire as large as the ones in California don't exist. An Illinois state senator reacts.

JuJu Watkins scored 22 points and Rayah Marshall added 13 to help No. 4

Between Touchdown Jesus, “Win One for the Gipper,” Rudy, and, yes, even the forward pass, there are those who believe football wouldn’t quite be football without Notre Dame.

The Spartans' three-point percentage of 28.7 ranks worst in the Big Ten and near the bottom of all Division I teams. Defensively, the Illini prefer to run teams off the line, but given MSU’s hesitancy to shoot the deep ball in the first place, it seems Illinois’ style of defense may work in its opponents favor.

Wisconsin basketball continues to trend toward the top tier of the Big Ten standings. Its latest step forward was Saturday’s 84-69 road win over USC.

Stopping freshman phenom Kasparas Jakučionis is the biggest mission for No. 12 Michigan State basketball against No. 20 Illinois on Sunday.