Illinois basketball is in for quite a challenge during the 2025-26 college basketball season. It’s no different than previous years, when Illinois lost a lot of talent to the NBA or the transfer portal.
Four spots in Illinois’ starting lineup appear to be fully cemented: Mihailo Petrovic at point guard, Kylan Boswell at shooting guard, Andrej Stojakovic at small forward and Tomislav Ivisic at center.That leaves just one spot up for grabs: power forward.
On Tuesday night, Illinois made another roster “addition" when it was reported Tuesday that graduate forward Ben Humrichous is expected to return to Champaign for another season after clearing up eligibility uncertainties, according to 247 Sports’ Jeremy Werner .
How many of the men's college basketball players to be named the Associated Press' Player of the Year since the 1999-2000 season can you name in five minutes?
Kasparas Jakucionis drilled a tie-breaking 3-pointer with 39 seconds left to highlight a late nine-point run that lifted Illinois to an 88-80 Big Ten victory over No. 18 Purdue.
Senior forward Ben Humrichous scored 19 of his season-high 21 points in the first half to spark No. 13 Illinois to a 91-52 victory over Penn State on Wednesday in Champaign, Ill.
Ben Humrichous scored 14 of his 18 points in the second half Thursday night and No. 22 Illinois opened its first West Coast swing in the Big Ten Conference with a 109-77 beatdown of No.
Brad Underwood warned us. After raving about the long-distance marksmanship of transfer forward Ben Humrichous in the offseason, Illinois coach Underwood has been preaching patience and chastising any criticism of Humrichous' relative inconsistent three-point shooting to start the season.
Ben Humrichous scored 14 of his 18 points in the second half Thursday night and No. 22 Illinois opened its first West Coast swing in the Big Ten Conference with a 109-77 beatdown of ninth-ranked Oregon in Eugene.
After Illinois’ win over Wisconsin last week, Illini coach Brad Underwood was posed a question about 3-point specialist Ben Humrichous having attempted only 11 2-pointers on the season and whether he would be encouraged to get to the rim more often, especially amid his continued shooting woes from deep.
When Ben Humrichous arrived at Illinois as a graduate transfer from Evansville in the offseason, no one talked up his shooting proficiency louder than Illini coach Brad Underwood.
All offseason, Illinois coach Brad Underwood told practically anyone who would listen about his team's new addition – Evansville transfer forward Ben Humrichous – and his transformative shooting ability.
It's the oldest play in the book.Even after just two games, it should be expected that if any Illinois player were able to run an action as basic as the pick-and-roll and make it sing like Pavarotti, it would be Kasparas Jakucionis.