A La Niña winter just started, but it isn't expected to last long. National forecasters are already looking ahead to the spring season.

That was the case Wednesday night at State Farm Center, with Illinois crushing Penn State without its points and assists leader, who was a last-minute scratch. The No. 13 Illini’s 91-52 victory was tied more to what Illinois did defensively — as in basically everything he wants to do every game — than how the Jakucionis-less offense fared.

No. 17 Purdue’s two-game Pacific Northwest concludes with its first marquee game of this Big Ten season, as it visits Oregon at Matthew Knight Arena Saturday afternoon. DETAILS: Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025 | 3 p.

Illinois' 2-0 swing through the Pacific Northwest to start the new year meant a bump in standing in the Associated Press Top 25. Returning home for a split, including a blowout win of Penn State and a Quad III loss Saturday to USC,

The week began with a biting cold snap that hammered much of the U.S., the product of a jet stream that slips out of its usual path more often these days.

A Union Pacific Northwest outbound train No. 717 struck a car about 3:50 p.m. Saturday near Nagle and Avondale avenues. At least one person in the car died, authorities say.

While No. 13 Illinois is unsure of its leading scorer's status for Saturday afternoon's visit from Southern California in Champaign, Ill., the Fighting Illini are confident in their depth if Jakucionis sits out.

As California deals with devastating wildfires, a new study shows how their impacts can be seen right here in Illinois. The fires are burning thousands of acres on the West Coast—something that happens all too often.

If the Columbia River's mouth eluded some of the most seasoned Northwest explorers who overlooked it, or mistook it for a bay or a

Player of the game Illinois forward Ben Humrichous Humrichous rediscovered his jump shot (the one that goes in) during the Illini's two-game road trip to the Pacific Northwest, and he didn't lose it on the way back to Champaign.

The only primary area Penn State’s 7-footer isn’t averaging a career-high is in blocks per game (down from 2.1 to 1.9), but he still leads the Big Ten. Otherwise, his 12.7 points and 6.9 rebounds per game and 63.

Kasparas Jakucionis had 18 points, six assists and five rebounds as No. 22 Illinois held on to defeat Washington 81-77 on Sunday and complete a sweep of its trip to