After all was said and done, Illinois freshman forward Morez Johnson Jr. sat out only five games and less than four weeks ...

Nearly a month after Johnson Jr.'s "indefinite" injury, Illinois received good news that Johnson Jr. would return to the ...

Illinois freshman forward Morez Johnson Jr., after suffering a broken wrist on Feb. 15 at Michigan State, has been cleared ...

After a month-long absence with a broken wrist, freshman forward Morez Johnson Jr. is expected to return on Thursday in ...

Morez Johnson Jr. didn’t consider his broken left wrist a potential season-ending injury when it happened last month. The Illinois freshman had broken his wrist before in middle ...

Following Illinois' eight-point win Friday night against Purdue to close the regular-season with three-straight wins, coach ...

CHAMPAIGN — Illinois could have waited until tipoff on Thursday in the Big Ten Tournament to officially announce Morez Johnson Jr.'s return to the court. The Illini could have played the ...

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Kylan Boswell scored a career high 24 points and four other Illinois players finished in double digits as the 24th-ranked ...

No. 7 seed Illinois (20-11, 12-8) begins its Big Ten tournament journey on Thursday evening. It only skipped the opening ...

Fourteen teams will slip in their attempts to win the Big Ten men’s basketball tournament, which begins Wednesday and ...

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