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Valparaiso's Javon Freeman-Liberty, left, drives against Southern Illinois' Lance Jones on Feb. 12 in Valparaiso.

DePaul’s Javon Freeman-Liberty, a Young graduate, is granted immediate eligibility after his transfer from Valparaiso

November 25, 2020 at 6:58 p.m.

The NCAA granted immediate eligibility to DePaul transfer Javon Freeman-Liberty, the school announced Wednesday. The guard transferred in May after two seasons at Valparaiso, with whom he averaged 19 points...

Illinois' Adam Miller (44) lays in the ball as North Carolina A&T's Jeremy Robinson (1) defends during the first half Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020, in Champaign.

4 takeaways from Illinois’ season-opening 122-60 rout of North Carolina A&T, including freshman Adam Miller’s dazzling debut

November 26, 2020 at 8:05 a.m.

The scene at the State Farm Center was muted with no fans because of COVID-19 protocols, but even without cheering, Illinois left no doubt about starting the season on the...

Chicago State men's basketball coach Lance Irvin works with his team at the Jacoby D. Dickens Physical Education and Athletics Center on Oct. 25, 2018.

Lance Irvin, a 2-time cancer survivor, won’t coach Chicago State basketball in person because of the health risks COVID-19 presents: ‘It’s tough because I love my team’

November 26, 2020 at 3:02 p.m.

Chicago State basketball coach Lance Irvin was supposed to be in Champaign on Wednesday for the season opener. Instead he was home in Chicago, watching the Cougars take on Ohio...

Northwestern coach Chris Collins during a game against Illinois at Welsh-Ryan Arena on Feb. 27, 2020, in Evanston.

Is Chris Collins on the hot seat? Can the Wildcats move out of the Big Ten basement? 5 things to know about Northwestern basketball.

November 25, 2020 at 7:00 a.m.

Northwestern basketball hit rock bottom last season. Can the Wildcats interpret that as a silver lining? Only up from here? They need to hope so. The Wildcats went 8-23 and...

Texas Tech's Tariq Owens (11) and Michigan State's Xavier Tillman (23) reach for the tipoff at the Final Four on April 6, 2019, in Minneapolis.

Column: The college basketball season is already a mess. How to fix it? Simplify the schedules to adjust for the COVID-19 surge.

November 26, 2020 at 7:47 a.m.

The college basketball season is a mess, and we haven't even gotten to the opening tipoff. The season starts Wednesday, and at least 40 Division I teams are quarantining or...

Illinois guard Ayo Dosunmu (11) takes the court to play Michigan State on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020, at the State Farm Center in Champaign.

Will Ayo Dosunmu and Kofi Cockburn continue to deliver? 5 things to know about Illinois basketball.

November 24, 2020 at 10:01 p.m.

Teams are allowed to dream in the preseason, no matter their talent or potential. For Illinois, those dreams finally are based in reality. The Illini enter the 2020-21 season with...

Illinois quarterback Brandon Peters (18) looks to throw during the first half against Nebraska on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020, in Lincoln, Neb.

Big Ten football takeaways after Week 5, including Illinois QB Brandon Peters looking like a difference maker and the officiating looking like an eyesore

November 23, 2020 at 8:36 a.m.

The fifth weekend of Big Ten football started with an unbelievably bad game-changing penalty Friday night in Minnesota and ended early Sunday morning in New Jersey. A lot was packed...

Northwestern wide receiver Ramaud Chiaokhiao-Bowman (81) celebrates after making a touchdown reception against Wisconsin in the second quarter Saturday at Ryan Field in Evanston.

Column: No. 19 Northwestern shuts down No. 10 Wisconsin in a 17-7 victory — and now ‘we need our damn respect’

November 22, 2020 at 11:49 a.m.

Motivation has been plentiful through the years for Northwestern, which has a keen radar for often undeserved disrespect thrown its way. Despite years of success, the narrative has refused to...

Illinois' Kofi Cockburn looks to pass against Indiana in the first half on March 1, 2020.

Chicago State will be Illinois basketball’s replacement opponent after Wright State opted out because of COVID-19

November 21, 2020 at 4:50 p.m.

Chicago State will be part of a multiteam basketball event at No. 8 Illinois to replace Wright State, which dropped out Friday. The Cougars will face Illinois on Thursday. Illinois...

Illinois guard Ayo Dosunmu drives to the basket against Northwestern on Feb. 27, 2020, at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston.

Illinois’ 2nd opponent, Wright State, opts out of Thursday’s basketball game because of COVID-19 cases, while the Missouri Valley adopts a new scheduling format

November 20, 2020 at 5:29 p.m.

The Illinois men's basketball team already has encountered COVID-19 issues less than a week before its season opener. Wright State, the Illini's second opponent in a multiteam event next week...

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