Wisconsin is firing away from three at one of the highest rates in the country, while Illinois embraces an NBA approach.

Counting the COVID year, Brad Underwood has combined to take Stephen F. Austin, Oklahoma State and Illinois to the NCAA ...

The college basketball expert envisions the Illini making a deep run, benefitted by an opening weekend "home-court advantage" ...

Madness: Here is a list of 39 college basketball players from Illinois who will play in the 2025 NCAA men's tournament.

The Illinois Fighting Illini and Xavier Musketeers square off in the NCAA Tournament first round. The teams match up Friday ...

It’s the Illinois Fighting Illini vs Xavier in the March Madness bracket. Here’s our prediction for the 2025 NCAA tournament ...

The Big Ten Conference has eight basketball teams in the men's NCAA Tournament. Follow along below for all of the results from the first round. Thursday (4) Pur ...

Kasparas Jakucionis, Will Riley and Tomislav Ivisic are in the spotlight like never before. It starts Friday night against Xavier in Milwaukee.

Illinois boasts a high-scoring offense, but Xavier's defense has been effective, limiting opponents to 71.2 points per game.

Getting to practice Thursday was really the first taste of March Madness for a lot of the young Illinois freshman players.

Illinois will be looking to regain its offensive form when the sixth-seeded Fighting Illini face No. 11 Xavier in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament South Region on Friday.

Illinois coach Shauna Green, right, is trying to lead the Illini women’s basketball program to its first NCAA tournament win since 2000 on Saturday night against Creighton in a first-round game in ...