Jakucionis led the 19th-ranked Illini with 20 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists in a 70-66 overtime loss in the team’s ...

No. 17 Illinois takes on the Northwestern Wildcats after Kasparas Jakucionis scored 21 points in Illinois' 91-70 loss to the Maryland Terrapins. Sunday's game is the second meeting this season ...

Illinois guard Kasparas Jakucionis, this dribbling virtuoso of verve and swerve, averages 16-plus points, 5.5-plus rebounds and 5-plus assists. Since 2010, the only other freshmen in power ...

The first bit of evidence: When Illinois and Northwestern met Dec. 6 in Evanston, Ill., the Wildcats erased a 10-point second ...

The Illinois basketball team has alreasy shown what happens when one of its top players are not on the court when Kasparas Jakucionis was out. On Thursday, it was Tomislav Ivisic's turn to be out. The ...

Harper and Bailey played No. 8 Michigan State on Saturday at Madison Square Garden. If the Sixers keep their top-6 protected ...

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The early-season mistakes that had been a nuisance have grown into an epidemic. Can the Illini cure what ails them?

The Northwestern and Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball teams are scheduled to meet in a Big Ten Conference contest at State Farm Center in Champaign, Illinois, on Sunday, Jan. 26. The game is ...