Chaminade guard Brad Beal, now rated the No. 1 shooting guard in the country for 2011 by Scout.com, said today that he doesn’t have a favorite college in the battle for his services. But he told me he would like…

Bruce Weber’s salary was an annual item on the agenda for the University of Illinois board of trustees from 2004 to 2006, a stretch that saw him receive three pay raises in as many years. But since 2006, most of Weber’s…

Bruce Weber has been taken care of at Illinois in the past and it appears he will be well into the future.

The basketball coach for six years, he received either a contract extension or a raise for three consecutive years…

I thought this was going to be about how upset M.J. was about the Illini loss. Not exactly:

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For the last week, it seems almost every question posed by the media to coach Bruce Weber or the Illinois players has centered on Chester Frazier’s status or the impact of his absence on the team.

Now we know what we should have…

Chester Frazier emerged from his three-day media blackout Sunday night and tried to convince everyone that he really, truly thinks he can play Thursday when Illinois opens the NCAA Tournament against Western Kentucky.

Never mind that he had surgery on his…

Illinois is the No. 5 seed in the South Regional but has to go to the West Coast for the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

The Illini will play No. 12 seed Western Kentucky on Thursday in Portland, Ore.

Tournament game…

The legend of Chester Frazier took on greater proportions Friday night, and that’s saying something considering that the Illinois guard did not play, as expected, in the win over Michigan.

Once everyone heard what they needed about Mike Davis’ 22-point, 10-rebound…

To quench everyone’s thirst for up-to-the minute Chester Frazier happenings, I will provide you with some pre-game color that is probably neither revealing nor particularly interesting. But here it goes:

Frazier is in uniform despite assurances that he absolutely will not play…