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Finally, St. John's pulled the trigger. And now, in Year 2 under Pitino, the Red Storm are 20-3 overall, 11-1 in the Big East ...

The college basketball regular season has now reached February, meaning the time to make a statement for the NCAA Tournament selection committee is beginning to ...

The game of basketball flowed through Rob Judson's life at every step and still does in his 45th and final season of coaching ...

A mix of outdoors stories from Illinois, including information on nominating the Illinois Outdoor News Person of the Year ...

Not even the staunchest Illinois men's basketball fan could take offense at this: Though the Illini dropped five spots to No.

Here’s where the Nebraska, Creighton and Omaha men and women landed in the NCAA's latest NET rankings: As of the morning of ...

Auburn and Duke remain 1-2 atop The Associated Press Top 25 men's college basketball poll for the third straight week.

Men’s college basketball and Illini beat writer Scott Richey projects his top four seeds for each region of the NCAA ...

Wisconsin basketball fell to Maryland 76-68 on Wednesday. The result halts Wisconsin's momentum. It becomes the team's second ...

UCLA started the New Year with four straight losses to Quad 1 competition but bounced back with close wins over Wisconsin and ...

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has scheduled public eagle-watching events across the region through March 7. ...