Imagine have these two balling out for Illinois this season.

Aug. 7—College football training camps might have kicked into gear across the country this week, but it's always basketball season. That's not just a feeling I hold either. The folks at ESPN decided this week was the week to for the 2026-27 season. Myron Medcalf has Illinois third in the Big Ten behind Michigan State and Michigan. If you recall my top 25 from a week or so ago, I had Illinois, ...

Jul. 20—Summer League wrapped Sunday in Las Vegas. The final opportunity for players on the fringe to make a case for an NBA roster spot before training camp starts in late September. The last chance for younger players, assured of that spot because of the investment already made, to make a case for more playing time. The dozen former Illinois standouts who played in Las Vegas run that full ...

Jul. 18—Another one-and-done NBA draft pick, a national champ gymnast and a standout decathlete. The list of Illinois' best male athletes in 2025-26 hits nearly every available sport. Beat writer Scott Richey spotlights the top 10: 1. Keaton Wagler, Basketball Wagler took the college basketball world by storm in what turned out be an unexpected single season in Champaign. An under-the-radar ...

The longtime Illinois athletic director has done a lot to put Illinois Athletics on the map.

Illinois on SI selects the ultimate starting lineup from Underwood-coached Illini - an exercise that's quickly growing more difficult

Jul. 16—Some of Illinois' best athletes this past year were also the Illini's youngest. Beat writer Scott Richey spotlights 10 freshmen that were ahead of the game in 2025-26: That Wagler's No. 23 jersey will soon rise to the State Farm Center rafters is all the evidence necessary to explain his exemplary one-and-done season in Champaign. Consensus Second Team All-American honors secured that ...