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David Mirkovic announces he’s returning to Illinois for sophomore season

Daily Herald Report
Apr 15, 2026 4:33 pm - Illinois forward David Mirkovic announced on Twitch and Instagram Wednesday that he is returning to the Fighting Illini for the 2026-27 season. Mirkovic ranked third on t...
High Five: The Illini’s top basketball teams of all-time

By Kevin Schmit
Apr 13, 2026 2:18 pm - This edition of the High Five looks at the top teams in University of Illinois basketball history.
O’Donnell: Fighting Illini unlikely to ever win a national crown with Underwood

By Jim O'Donnell
Apr 07, 2026 10:00 am - Columnist Jim O’Donnell writes about coach Brad Underwood and University of Illinois men’s basketball.
UConn reaches 3rd national title game in 4 seasons, beating Illinois 71-62 behind Mullins and Reed

By MICHAEL MAROT
Apr 04, 2026 8:35 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — UConn got another critical 3-pointer from Braylon Mullins and coach Dan Hurley's Huskies muscled their way back to the national title game, beating Illinoi...
Illinois throws out book on previous matchups with UConn and tries to flip the script in Final Four

By MICHAEL MAROT
Apr 04, 2026 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS — Illinois coach Brad Underwood doesn't need any reminders about what happened the last two times his team faced UConn. He can just plug in the game tapes, r...
Keaton Wagler leads deep group of talented freshmen still putting their imprint on March Madness

By MICHAEL MAROT
Apr 03, 2026 6:00 am - Keaton Wagler's high school basketball transcript contained everything a college coach would want in a recruit.
Big men, bigger lineups: how length, size got Illinois, UConn, Arizona, Michigan to the Final Four

By AARON BEARD
Apr 03, 2026 6:00 am - There's no minimizing the impact of size this week in Indianapolis. Not with the Final Four boasting its biggest quartet of teams going back roughly two decades, starting with guys such as Reed, Michigan's Aday Mara, Arizona's Koa Peat and Illinois' 7-foot Ivisic twins as anchors to lineups with size radiating all the way out to the perimeter.
Worth the wait: Final Four trip should silence all Underwood doubters

By Mike McGraw
Apr 02, 2026 8:53 pm - This trip to the Final Four should end any complaints about Illinois coach Brad Underwood, a basketball lifer who finally hit the big time.
Believe it! After a wild March Madness, Final Four teams look to conjure up more magic

By EDDIE PELLS
Apr 02, 2026 11:23 am - Those who believe college sports is losing its heart — being overtaken by money and negotiations and boardrooms — are not all wrong; this is not the same game your father, or even your older sister, grew up watching.
UConn carries an 18-game winning streak in Sweet Sixteen or later into a stacked Final Four

By JOSH DUBOW
Apr 01, 2026 3:21 pm - When UConn makes it past the opening weekend of the NCAA men's basketball tournament, the Huskies are almost impossible to stop. UConn won its 18th straight game play...

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