University of Illinois NCAA News

The big goals are off the table for Arrelious Benn and Illinois, but all is not lost.

Highly touted freshman Brandon Paul got a lot of the credit for leading Illinois to two strong performances to start the season.

When Demetri McCamey was on the court Tuesday night against Northern Illinois, everything was fine for Illinois.

Freshman D.J. Richardson scored 15 points, hitting four 3-pointers, to help No. 23 Illinois overcome a sluggish start and beat Presbyterian College 94-48 in the Las Vegas Invitational on Saturday night.

The opening round of the Las Vegas Invitational takes place at campus sites around the country, and two of the teams in the event will meet at Assembly Hall in Champaign tonight, as the Blue Hose of Presbyterian pay a visit to the 23rd-ranked Illinois Fighting Illini.

Arrelious Benn won't say the one word those closest to him use to describe his season.

When Illinois runs Just when it looked like Mikel Leshoure had taken over the No.

The 23rd-ranked Illinois Fighting Illini take aim at their second straight win to open the season as they play host to the Huskies of Northern Illinois tonight at Assembly Hall in Champaign.

Getting offensive: QB Jacob Charest looked shaky for most of his first career start but recovered for a 10-yard touchdown run and a 32-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter.

To attend his son's football games, Samuel Asamoah would lug so much medical equipment with him that his hotel rooms looked like hospital rooms.

Northwestern's Sherrick McManis runs past Illinois' Jarred Fayson with what was later ruled to be an interception in the fourth quarter of the game at Memorial Stadium on Saturday, Nov.

The 23rd-ranked Illinois Fighting Illini go in search of their 11th straight season-opening win when they play host to the Cougars of SIU-Edwardsville tonight at Assembly Hall in Champaign.

Referee Dan Capron says that Illini receiver Jarred Fayson never had possession of the ball Wildcat corner Sherrick McManis pulled off his chest to seal Northwestern's 21-16 win.

The compliment was so foreign to his ears that Demetri McCamey at first thought Illinois coach Bruce Weber had intended the comment for one of his teammates.

Freshman guard Brandon Paul scored 22 points, and No. 23 Illinois rolled to a 96-69 victory over Southern Illinois-Edwardsville on Friday night.

A year after signing a class of recruits that helped pushed Illinois back into the Top 25 this season, Illini have signed three players considered to be among the country's 100 best.

If there was one character trait Illinois revealed about itself during its last exhibition, it was the Illini like to shoot 3-pointers -- a lot.

It's risky to put too much on the shoulders of a freshman. But D.J. Richardson, Illinois' 6-3 guard from Peoria Central by way of a Nevada prep school, keeps tempting us to do that.

Nobody had to tell him Illinois had trouble scoring a year ago. Brandon Paul could see that when he watched his future team struggle in games like its infamous 38-33 loss to Penn State.

ILLINOIS: The Fighting Illini have their first win streak of the season after holding off Minnesota in Minneapolis over the weekend, 35-32. Young QB Jacob Charest threw for a career-high 185 yards and a TD after replacing Juice Williams, who left in the first quarter with an ankle injury.