CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — It’s 2005. With less than 50 seconds left on the clock in the Elite Eight, Dee Brown steals a pass and scores a fast break lay-up against Arizona. The moment set up a Deron ...

Keaton Wagler #23 of the Illinois Fighting Illini celebrates after defeating the Iowa Hawkeyes in the Elite Eight of the 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Toyota Center on March 28, 2026, in ...

Apr. 2—CHAMPAIGN — The memories are still fresh for Dee Brown. The nostalgia for the Flyin' Illini. The reminders that Illinois' last Final Four appearance was closing in on two decades in the past.

CHAMPAIGN – Dee Brown''s voice said "no big deal." His smile betrayed a whole different response. Brown on Tuesday learned that he graces this week''s Sports Illustrated cover, and the smile he wore ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) — For the first time in over two decades, Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball is heading back to the Final Four, and across central Illinois, the excitement is impossible ...

How #Illini Nation celebrated Saturday's magic moment. #FinalFour pic.twitter.com/BTvDzjGE98 — The News-Gazette (@news_gazette) March 31, 2026 Order The News ...

CHAMPAIGN – When the top Illini athletes are evaluated for this year's Dike Eddleman trophy, it'll boil down to numbers vs. subjective evaluation. Dee Brown, the Cousy Award winner as the nation's top ...

SAN DIEGO – They are two of the most outgoing, most engaging Illinois basketball players ever, and so Bruce Weber began to wonder what was amiss as Dee Brown and James Augustine withdrew from public ...

BLOOMINGTON – An hour and a half before he had to take the court, Dee Brown was holding it. Sitting in the stands at Illinois Wesleyan''s Shirk Center during Saturday night''s IBCA Class A All-Star ...

The Illinois men’s basketball team with former Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delaney after the Illini won the 2005 Big Ten tournament title at the United Center in Chicago. The Illinois men’s basketball ...