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…

For the second consecutive week, Illinois will play a home game at 6 p.m., this time against Minnesota on Thursday night. Fans don’t like it because of the difficulty of getting to the arena for tip-off. The media love it…

Chester Frazier’s style is not one of a follower who waits for things to happen. So after Illinois lost at Wisconsin he urged the coaching staff to institute a press in the event the Illini needed it in another situation where…

Mike Davis grabbed an offensive rebound against Purdue on Sunday and went up for a dunk that went awry. So, he grabbed the rebound again, only to miss the putback.

It was the type of sequence that has tested the Illinois sophomore…

Bruce Weber said this morning that sophomore forward Mike Davis has suffered from a shortage of energy since his recent bout with tonsilitis and came to his defense after he went scoreless in the loss to Minnesota.

“Mike has been under…

Bruce Weber recently showed the Illini a video that included snippets of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow. Apparently the point of the video was to depict a player who is a leader and a fighter for his team.

Weber theorized that guard Chester…

Time to empty a full notebook after another halftime lead got away at Michigan State:

I have a feeling I know what you’ll read in every game story in the morning after Chester Frazier grabbed the attention of writers after the game by…

Time to empty the notebook after the Illini’s most lopsided win over Indiana in a series that started in 1906:

The Illini did exactly what they should have done on Saturday. After a week of practice they started with a ton…

Illinois has disposed easily of several opponents at home this season, but there have been moments when coach Bruce Weber found the circumstances a bit more uncomfortable than he would have liked.

He could be referring to the tie at halftime…