Friday may be a day when the Illini wish they could have back Ty Rodgers' redshirt year. Northwestern has, in different times, been what many opponents considered to be an automatic Big Ten win.

Magic Johnson, Chris Paul and now Zakai Zeigler? The first two, Hall of Fame point guards, led No. 1 teams into Illinois -- ...

It's old news by now, but only sophomore Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn returns from last season's Elite Eight team, at least after junior Ty Rodgers elected to redshirt this season. That means Underwood has ...

Meanwhile, Illinois (7-2) boasts a higher upside than last year despite retaining no starters (Ty Rodgers has opted to redshirt) and only two scholarship players. Point guard Kasparas Jakucionis ...