There are four more Big Ten teams that will play in the first round on Friday. Here is your guide to those four games.

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

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

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

We cannot in good conscience give the Big Ten a clean sweep in the opening round, as Liberty’s well-balanced offensive attack (seven players averaging 8.8 points or more) and the Ducks' occasional ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...