St. Joseph-Ogden vs. Monticello in a prep boys basketball game at SJ-O High School on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023.
A look back at our photographers' best images from 2022.
Illini Womens Basketball vs. Purdue in a NCAA game at the State Farm Center in Champaign on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023.
The Illini bounced back with a strong effort against Ohio State at State Farm Center.
Mahomet-Seymour vs. Mt. Zion in a prep girls basketball game at Mahomet on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023.
Georgetown-Ridge Farm vs. Oakwood in the third-place and Salt Fork vs. Armstrong-Potomac in the championship game of the Vermilion County Tournament, at Mary Miller Gymnasium in Danville on Friday, Jan. 20, 2023.
For the first time since the Grentz Era, fans are flocking to Illini women's basketball games. Success – and first-year coach Shauna Green's rules of engagement – are big reasons why.
Illinois men vs. Indiana in a NCAA basketball game at State Farm Center in Champaign on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023.
A lively crowd of more than 5,000 watched No. 21 Illinois come up short against No. 6 Indiana at State Farm Center in Champaign in Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023.
St. Joseph-Ogden lost to Prairie Central 57-44 in a highly anticipated prep boys' basketball game at St. Joseph-Ogden High School on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023.
Oakwood vs. BHRAÂ and Armstrong-Potomac vs. Hoopeston Area in the Vermilion County Tournament at Mary Miller Gymnasium at Danville Area Community College on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023.
Illinois men vs. Michigan State in a NCAA basketball game at the State Farm Center in Champaign on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023.
Clinton vs. Tuscola in a prep girls' basketball game at Tuscola on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023.
Students in Teresa Cobb's fifth-grade class at Rantoul's Northview Elementary spent Wednesday and part of Thursday writing a paragraph around the topic of "I Have A Dream." They then took their paragraphs and hung them in the hallway of the school for Martin Luther King Day.
Unity vs. Tuscola in a prep boys' basketball game at Tuscola on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023.
St. Thomas More vs. Unity in a prep girls' basketball game in Tolono on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023.
On the same day her team entered the Top 25 for the first time since 2000, Illini women's basketball coach Shauna Green drew a big crowd at the Esquire for her appearance on WDWS.
Brad Underwood's Illini bounced back vs. Wisconsin at State Farm Center in Champaign on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023.
Centennial vs. Danville in a prep boys basketball game at Centennial High School in Champaign on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023.
Illini women vs. Northwestern at the State Farm Center in Champaign on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023.
Annual Twin City wrestling meet featuring wrestlers from Centennial, Champaign Central, St. Thomas More and Urbana. At Urbana High School on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023.
Mahomet-Seymour vs. Rantoul in a prep boys basketball game at Mahomet-Seymour High School in Mahomet on Tuesday, January 3, 2023.
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Illini fans showed up in droves to cheer on Bret Bielema football team, which fell short 19-10 to Mississippi State in the ReliaQuest Bowl at Tampa's Raymond James Stadium on Monday.
Shauna Green's Illini delighted a big crowd with a notable upset of No. 12 Iowa on Sunday at State Farm Center.
Illini men vs. Bethune-Cookman in a NCAA basketball game at the State Farm Center in Champaign on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022.
