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College basketball beat writer and AP voter Scott Richey weighs in on the sports he loves with insight on Illini basketball.
Champaign Multimedia Group hosts Inside Illini Basketball, a sports show with 297 episodes published.
There's still a week left before the 2026-27 Illinois basketball team returns to campus, so the brief summer slowdown mostly continues. Except on the recruiting front, with five-star visitors Brady Pettigrew and Darius W
Summer workouts wrapped up last week for Illinois, with the players (and coaches) getting a short break before preparation resumes for the 2026-27 season. Fall work that will happen, of course, without David Mirkovic for
Illinois will close out its summer workouts this week. With the new school year is just around the corner we quizzed beat writer Scott Richey on all things Illinois basketball, including the state of this year's team, wh
Brad Underwood has plenty going on to make him happy as summer nears its unofficial end. Stefan Vaaks is back and getting reacclimated with his teammates. Andrej Stojakovic is healthy again. Important steps toward lockin
The dean of Big Ten sportswriters and a U.S. Basketball Writers Association Hall of Famer, News-Gazette columnist Loren Tate is as high on Brad Underwood's program as anyone around. The man behind 'Tatelines' joins Insid
Las Vegas has become the center of the basketball world. Particularly this past weekend with NBA Summer League ongoing and Nike taking its EBYL circuit to the desert. Both had plenty of Illinois-centric storylines betwee
That's "slam dunk" in Estonian, and adding the Tabasalu native out of the transfer portal was exactly that for Illinois this offseason. Vaaks fits the mold Brad Underwood prefers with positional size and shooting
Workouts continue for Illinois, with the whole team save for Stefan Vaaks (back in Estonia for World Cup qualifiers) on campus and putting in the summer grind. David Mirkovic has been among the summer standouts — both on
This is a big week for Illinois with Keaton Wagler (and maybe Kylan Boswell) in the 2026 NBA Draft and the second week of summer workouts underway at Ubben Basketball Complex. Lottery pick. Reports of an impressive 2026-
Roster retention put Illinois in position to be considered one of the top teams in the country heading into the 2026-27 season. But there are still roles to fill in the rotation, including a rather notable Keaton Wagler-
Quentin Coleman was the most consistent player on the court for Team USA during its entire FIBA U18 AmeriCup run and the only American to make the All-Star Five. The one nitpick? It only came with a silver medal. But Col
Illinois was a clear winner following the NBA draft early entrant withdrawal deadline. Andrej Stojakovic's return to Champaign for the 2026-27 season — full retention — raises Illinois' floor and ceiling. It's not crazy
Illinois coach Brad Underwood joins our Scott Richey for another milestone episode of Inside Illini Basketball and a wide-ranging conversation that hit on the Final Four run, building the 2026-27 roster, Underwood's cont
The NBA draft is less than two months away, with Keaton Wagler still projected as a high lottery pick. Brad Underwood is in line for a contract extension and raise (and so is his coaching staff). Several Illinois players
This week is an important one for Illinois' Keaton Wagler, Kylan Boswell and Andrej Stojakovic with the NBA draft combine . Beat writer Scott Richey will eventually join them in Chicago, but until then he breaks down all
Beat writer Scott Richey answers a series of questions during this week's Inside Illini Basketball, including the NBA draft future for a trio of Illinois standouts, where David Mirkovic ranks among the best players in th
Keaton Wagler projects as a lottery pick in the 2026 NBA Draft. Kylan Boswell could go from Champaign to the league if his second-round projection holds. Andrej Stojakovic is testing the draft waters. Illinois sending gu
Last week solidified Illinois as legitimate contender as the preseason No. 1 team in the country. Retention was the offseason priority in Champaign, and Brad Underwood and Co. were able to follow through by bringing back
A newsworthy weekend jumpstarted Illinois' offseason, with one expected goodbye (Keaton Wagler to the NBA), a major transfer addition (Providence transfer Stefan Vaaks) and two Balkans hitting the portal (Mihailo Petrovi
The transfer portal officially opens April 7 even if hundreds of players have already made their intentions to leave their current college basketball home clear. The better to be tampered with, of course. But the best ca
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