Boswell, a junior and one of only three Illini players on the active roster with NCAA Tourney experience, is urging the ...

The No. 6-seeded Fighting Illini can now sharpen their focus on their NCAA Tournament opener, knowing whom they'll face in ...

The more one looks at Xavier, which went 13-7 in the Big East — nothing wrong with that — the more one finds to like.

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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 ...

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

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