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 ...

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 ...

Kofi Cockburn got inside position, but missed a bunny right next to the basket. He shook his head, but would more than make up for that over the course of the night. In one of Illinois’ most important ...

With Monday's tip-off of Illinois men's basketball’s 2024-2025 season, the Illini have now officially entered their third season without 7-foot center Kofi Cockburn. During his storied career in ...

There’s no way to get around it, and so it might as well be the lead: Kofi Cockburn faces an uphill climb to stay in the NBA. The cultural, contextual forces allayed against him are stronger than they ...

Following a three-year career at Illinois, center Kofi Cockburn signed his first professional contract with the Utah Jazz early this morning after going undrafted Thursday night. The All-American will ...

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Kofi Cockburn knew he entered the NBA draft combine this week in Chicago with plenty to prove. After using the event as a growth experience last year, the former Illinois center is set on entering the ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Illini big man Kofi Cockburn was at the NBA Draft Combine on Friday, trying to show he can play in today's NBA. He's one of the biggest players in the draft, at 7 feet and 293 pounds, ...

Former Illinois star and two-time All-American Kofi Cockburn is on the bubble of being selected in the 2022 NBA Draft. After he participated in scrimmages and testing at the NBA Draft combine Thursday ...