D.J Richardson News

The Illini and Tigers started their annual St. Louis meetings in 1980. Since that time, Illinois has hit Christmas with 4 losses in just four of those 30 seasons: 1997-98: Illinois' 75-69 loss on Dec.

Illinois' nine-game winning streak in the annual "Braggin' Rights" game is not weighing heavily on Missouri players.

DULUTH, Ga. a ' Georgia came equipped for a heavyweight fight Saturday night, and all Illinois could answer with was middleweights.

They'll have Georgia on their minds today, but the Illini are also thinking about hunting Tigers in big-game St.

Joseph Bertrand goes up for shot during practice earlier this fall. The former Golden Warrior will likely redshirt this season due to a knee injury suffered in September.

Illinois' D.J. Richardson goes up for a dunk during the basketball game against NIU at Assembly Hall on Tuesday, Nov.

Illinois' Bill Cole challenges Western Michigan's Nate Hutcheson during their game Sunday afternoon in Champaign, Ill.

The Broncos never recovered. Illinois' bench players scored 40 points. Flenard Whitfield led Western Michigan with 17.

There's a task awaiting the surging University of Illinois basketball team in their remaining games this month: Win them all.

While the rest of campus is celebrating reading day and getting a little extra sleep Thursday, the Illinois men's basketball team will be back on the hardwood for its first practice since defeating Vanderbilt, 79-68, on Tuesday.

Tyler Laser scored 15 points and hit big shots in the second and third overtimes to help Eastern Illinois to an 83-81 win over Tennesse State on Thursday night.

The Fighting Illini put together their best two halves of the season to beat 24th-ranked Vanderbilt 79-68 Tuesday night in Champaign.

Now that Illinois has a team that can score without making every possession a grueling exercise, coach Bruce Weber is having to spend considerable time worrying about defense.

Illinois opened with a 9-0 run and Demetri McCamey scored 23 points and added five assists to lead the Illini past No.

Finally, the Big Ten beat the ACC in its big Challenge. After 10 years of domination by the ACC, Jim Delany and the Big Ten had to be smiling.

If you have watched Illinois in its last three games, you might have noticed an unlikely candidate earning the lion's share of the minutes off the bench -- Jeff Jordan.

While freshmen Brandon Paul and D.J. Richardson provided many of Illinois' highlights the past few weeks, junior forward Mike Tisdale didn't do much to attract attention as he blended into the action.

Illinois guard Demetri McCamey didn't know it at the time, but he had an opportunity to end nine years of Big Ten grief as he searched for a last-second shot against Clemson last season.

Illinois coach Bruce Weber had the luxury of introducing his freshmen to college basketball in the comfort of Assembly Hall during the season's first two weeks.

Warren scored 16 points, including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 30 seconds left, to lift Bradley to a 72-68 win over Illinois on Saturday night.