basketball players develop in different stages and at different rates, and Jakucionis is still a teenager playing almost 5,000 miles from home. "He just turned 18 years old," Underwood said.

Series: MSU leads 65-64 all-time, with each team winning on its home court ... MSU basketball is riding Jeremy Fears to new (and old) heights • Prediction: Pound for pound, Illinois is the ...

Illinois men's basketball coach Brad Underwood can be categorized as an old-school Big Ten coach ... point I think we pounded every nail on the court," Underwood told reporters.

Unfortunately for Illinois, the projected No. 2 pick in the NBA Draft returned to the court ... year-old is hitting a mental wall at the wrong time entering his final month of college basketball.

Multiple Illinois players didn’t play well on Sunday, but White, to me, was the most disappointing. White did that age-old magic trick ... just a warm body on the court for the Illini, but ...

Christ the King boys basketball coach Troy Caldwell, a Kankakee native, reunited with his former coach, McNamara assistant ...

The weekly release of the IHSA AP Basketball Polls on Wednesday featured ... On the boys side, Kankakee fell slightly in the Class 3A poll, from third to sixth, after going 2-0 on the week.

Allen Cunningham/For the Sun-Times Share When Kankakee takes the floor, it’s no secret that all eyes are on Lincoln Williams. The 6-5 shooting guard is a four-star prospect and Illinois ...

KANKAKEE — He grew up as a part of it in the bleachers and now both plays in it and has read about it, but during Tuesday night’s pivotal Southland Athletic Conference matchup against Bloom, Kankakee ...

KANKAKEE COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) -- The Kankakee sheriff said he hopes a lawsuit by the Department of Justice over Illinois' sanctuary laws can resolve ongoing frustration in the law enforcement community.

In a quiet week, Hinsdale Central moves into the Top 10 of this week's Top 25 Illinois Boys High School Basketball State ... 79-46; Def. Kankakee 67-65. Up next: at Crete-Monee, Jan. 17.