University of Illinois basketball – both men's and women's teams – are getting ready for their 2025 NCAA Tournament debuts. The first NCAA Tournament in 1939 consisted only of eight men's teams. Today, it's a 68-team bracket that includes multiple single-elimination rounds.

The Illinois basketball team is headed to the men's NCAA Tournament as a No. 6 seed in the Midwest bracket and will face a No. 11 seed First Four winner on Friday. Coach Brad Underwood and the ...

It’s Illinois basketball vs. Texas or Xavier in March Madness to open its 2025 NCAA Tournament men’s bracket. Here’s what to know about the first-round game in Milwaukee.

Complete statistics from Sunday night’s Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball game against the Illinois Fighting Illini at the NCAA Tournament in Milwaukee.

Richard Pitino joined his father in the second round after New Mexico (27-7) snapped a four-game NCAA Tournament losing streak and won its first game since 2012. Dent, the Mountain West Player of the Year, had six points in the first half but found his rhythm in the second half. He had four points during a 10-0 Lobos run that broke the game open.

Illinois basketball lost its first player to the transfer portal, a reserve who had transferred to the Illini from Notre Dame.

The financial impact of successful basketball teams at the University of Illinois is difficult to measure. The Fighting Illini men's and women’s squads both won 22 games and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament this season.