Illinois coach Brad Underwood believes in players pushing each other during practice to improve themselves and the team. That ...

Illinois athletics Kasparas Jakucionis defends during Sunday’s Braggin’ Rights game against Missouri at the Enterprise Center ...

No. 24 Illinois faces the Chicago State Cougars after Kasparas Jakucionis scored 21 points in Illinois' 80-77 win over the Missouri Tigers. Sunday's meeting is the first this season between ...

Northwestern’s Brooks Barnhizer drives against Illinois’ Kasparas Jakucionis during the first half at Welsh-Ryan Arena on ...

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Freshman guard Kasparas Jakucionis hit a 12-foot fadeaway with 28 seconds left to snap the game's final tie as Illinois ...

The resumption of Big Ten play is right around the corner. Before the new year hits, Illini beat writer Scott Richey takes his first stab at a full All-Big Ten team with at least a dozen games in the ...

He is averaging just 0.9 steals and 0.2 blocks this season. Yet he is arguably in the running with guard Kasparas Jakucionis ...

St. Louis-area men's college basketball teams are preparing to dive into conference play, where road games become common and deficiencies can no longer be hidden by shrewd scheduling.

The Missouri Tigers will look to finish their non-conference slate with a win, hosting Alabama State Monday evening. 12 games ...

The New Orleans Pelicans are approaching the point of no return with the Zion Williamson experiment. Here are a few ...

Two weekends ago, when Missouri had a chance to knock off the No. 1 team in the nation in a home game, the Tigers came ...