CHAMPAIGN — Each Kofi Cockburn dunk on Saturday erased more and more of the struggles Illinois basketball has had with Wisconsin in the past decade. The last time Illinois beat Wisconsin in Champaign, ...

The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. Scott Richey, The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. Jul. 18—Kofi Cockburn, thus far, has been an anomaly when it comes to the big men who have played at ...

Illinois (16-8, 8-6), fresh off a return to form on Saturday, heads back to Champaign for a Tuesday night matchup with UCLA (18-6, 9-4). The Bruins enter State Farm Center riding a massive winning ...

With soft touch around the basket with both hands, and even a floater he would occasionally unpack, Cockburn could score in a variety of ways around the rim. A native of Kingston, Jamaica, he didn't ...

What will that decision mean for Illinois? The Illini only have a few more days before they find out. Cockburn, who has starred at Illinois over the last two seasons, withdrew from the 2021 NBA Draft ...

Today marks another entry in our ongoing Illinois on SI "Best of the Century" series featuring the top 10 Illini players over the past 25 years. In our selection process, we considered individual ...