Inside Illini Basketball

What's the ceiling — the best case scenario — for Illinois this season? For the individual players that will drive whatever success the Illini have? Beat writer Scott Richey starts to break that down and discusses new commit Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn…

College basketball practices started Monday across the country (and in Champaign). Beat writer Scott Richey has preseason polls and All-Big Ten teams to submit. It's the latter that's giving him trouble, and he discusses that and more in this week's…

Practice starts next week. Preseason polls will drop in early October. College basketball is back, and beat writer Scott Richey discusses it all in this week's Inside Illini Basketball.

Beat writer Scott Richey breaks down Zacharie Perrin not joining Illinois this season, the Big Ten schedule (finally) and the near completion of Ubben Basketball Complex in this week's Inside Illini Basketball.

Illinois finally struck in the Class of 2023, landing a commitment from four-star forward Amani Hansberry. Beat writer Scott Richey breaks down Hansberry's additions and laments there's still no Big Ten schedule in this week's Inside Illini Basketball.

The college football season might start this week, but it's never not time to talk college hoops. In this week's Inside Illini Basketball that means beat writer Scott Richey weighing in on assistant coach Tim Anderson, recruiting and more.

The start of the 2022-23 college basketball season isn't all that far away, with official practices roughly a month-plus away. There's plenty to discuss in the interim, with beat writer Scott Richey discussing preseason rankings and recruiting in this week's…

The Illinois basketball team — players and coaches — has scattered for the last break in the schedule before the new school year starts. So beat writer Scott Richey was on the hot seat, answering plenty of hoops questions in…

The 2022-23 schedule is out! Well, at least the nonconference portion. Beat writer Scott Richey discusses the ins and outs of a ho hum home slate, FIBA hoops in Turkey and recruiting (always) in this week's Inside Illini Basketball.

Tim Anderson was hired a year ago ... and what a year it's been for the Illinois assistant coach, who led the recruitment on multiple key additions for the 2022-23 season. Beat writer Scott Richey discusses Anderson's impact, recruiting (always)…

College basketball might never stop, but it can slow down a bit in the summer months. But there's still former Illinois standouts in the NBA Summer League, summer workouts on campus and recruiting. Always recruiting. Beat writer Scott Richey is…

The addition of French forward Zacharie Perrin should finalize the 2022-23 Illinois roster after some major retooling by Brad Underwood this offseason. Beat writer Scott Richey discusses that, new addition to the Big Ten and recruiting in this week's Inside…

What will it take for Kofi Cockburn to make an NBA roster? Has the Big Ten/ACC Challenge gotten stale? Who are new names on Illinois' recruiting board? Beat writer Scott Richey tackles all of this in this week's Inside Illini…

Coleman Hawkins as an actor. Emoni Bates still in the transfer portal. Never-ending recruiting. It's summer, but there's still plenty to talk about. Beat writer Scott Richey covers it all in this week's episode of Inside Illini Basketball.

The way Ty Rodgers played for gold medal-winning Team USA in the FIBA U18 Americas Championship didn't change how beat writer Scott Richey viewed the Illinois freshman. It just reinforced how impactful Rodgers might be in 2022-23. That and more…

Beat writer Scott Richey is back in the podcast booth with plenty to discuss from the increasingly new-look Illinois roster to Ty Rodgers' USA Basketball opportunity to the transfer portal and recruiting. That and more in this week's Inside Illini…

Kofi Cockburn had a good week at the NBA Draft Combine. A good enough week to better his draft chances? That's to be determined. Beat writer Scott Richey discusses that, the ever-changing Big Ten and more in this week's Inside…

Brad Underwood makes his second appearance on the podcast as Inside Illini Basketball reaches 200 episodes. The discussion with the Illini coach hits on the team's impressive freshman class and all the changes in college basketball since his last appearance…

Now that Terrence Shannon Jr. is on board could May be a slower month for Illinois basketball? Beat writer Scott Richey says probably not in this week's Inside Illini Basketball. There's still scholarships to fill, a roster to complete and…

Award-winning News-Gazette Editor Jeff D'Alessio, who back in the day covered the Illini under Lon Kruger, weighs in on the current, crazed state of college basketball - from the changing look of press row to rosters gone wild