Former Illinois basketball star Kofi Cockburn has been dominating overseas. He now returns home to represent Jamaica on the ...

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 ...

It has been 1,047 days since big man Kofi Cockburn last suited up in Illinois orange-and-blue threads. That’s less than three years. But in that period, Cockburn, a native of Kingston, Jamaica, has ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — Nearly three years after the end of his college career, a date has been set to honor the jersey of Illini great Kofi Cockburn. Illinois Basketball announced on Wednesday that ...

The University of Illinois announced Wednesday that it will celebrate star men's basketball player Kofi Cockburn on Tuesday, Feb. 11. Cockburn, who played at Illinois from 2019-22, will have his ...

A two-time All-American at Illinois, Cockburn traveled from South Korea to see his jersey lifted to the State Farm Center rafters CHAMPAIGN — Kofi Cockburn just wanted to avoid crying on TV. Imagine ...

CHAMPAIGN — In his three years playing inside the State Farm Center — two of them with fans — Kofi Cockburn never really looked up. Sounds odd, doesn’t it? High-level college basketball doesn’t really ...

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 ...

One of the most memorable players in Illinois basketball history, Kofi Cockburn etched his name into Illini lore as a two-time All-American, a walking double-double and, not for nothing, a winner.

Kofi Cockburn dreams of hearing NBA Commissioner Adam Silver call his name at next month’s NBA Draft in Brooklyn. But more importantly, he says, he wants to get to the NBA so he has a bigger platform ...

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, ...

Follow our live updates of the NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16. Kofi Cockburn has Illinois' first six points of the second half, giving him a team-high 12. That's his 43rd consecutive game with 10-plus ...