Illinois got perhaps the slightly tougher matchup between Xavier and Texas, who played for the No. 11 spot in the Midwest on ...

The Illinois Fighting Illini play the Xavier Musketeers in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. Friday's meeting is the ...

The Illinois Fighting Illini and No. 23 Creighton Bluejays meet in the NCAA Tournament opening round. The teams play Saturday ...

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

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Genesis Bryant contemplated just a few years ago whether she should give up on her basketball dreams. On Saturday, when the Illinois guard plays in a first-round NCAA Tournament game against Creighton ...

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 ...

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.