San Diego State coach Steve Fisher contacted Bruce Weber about a month ago to inquire about Brian Carlwell, the former Illini center without a home.

Months had passed since Carlwell announced his intention to leave Illinois, but he had yet…

Bruce Weber’s recruiting image received another boost this week when ESPN rated the Illinois basketball class of 2009 as the second-best in the country at this point, behind only North Carolina.

Granted, making such an early assessment can be dangerous and misleading.…

Kyle Hudson landed in the lap of Illinois baseball coach Dan Hartleb free of charge. Having been recruited to the school to play football in  2005, he didn’t cost the Illini any baseball scholarship money. He was a gift from former football…

Most of the Illinois football players who were hoping to be drafted over the weekend had to wait and sign free-agent contracts after the draft ended.

Running back Rashard Mendenhall turned out to be the only player from the Rose…

For those of you who missed my brief in today’s Post-Dispatch, it appears that Illinois athletics director Ron Guenther will receive a two-year contract extension. The details became available yesterday with the release of the agenda for Wednesday’s board of…

So it has come to this: A season of disarray is now salvageable if Illinois can find a way to complete its unexpected romp through the Big Ten Tournament against Wisconsin on Sunday.

The Illini talked all season about needing…

Demetri McCamey started his campaign for the Big Ten all-freshman team a little late in the season and couldn’t make up enough ground, failing to make the list of the conference’s five best newcomers.But the Illinois guard had has two…

Bruce Weber chose an interesting path as Illinois began its long shot pursuit of four wins in four days at the Big Ten Tournament.The bench was used less than usual Thursday afternoon at Conseco Fieldhouse as the Illini starters played more…

Fans at Assembly Hall broke into their usual chant for little-used Chris Hicks at Saturday’s final home game. The difference was that the chant started at tip-off, not in the final minutes of the game.

Some might have thought the…

An Illinois team that had somehow managed to stick together and remain competitive through one disappointing loss after another reached a new challenge, a new point of disarray, on Wednesday night.

Brian Randle might have been lost for the rest…