Illinois athletics A lengthy drought to earn an NCAA tournament victory is no more for the Illinois women's basketball team. The eighth-seeded Illini led for the majority of its first-round game ...

MILWAUKEE (WAND) - For an Illini Basketball season filled with inconsistency, it is almost fitting that their NCAA Tournament hopes were squashed by a game filled with turnovers and missed threes.

Illinois guard Tre White (22), Kasparas Jakucionis (32) and Jake Davis (15) react on the bench against Iowa during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the second round of the Big ...

Amari Williams #22 of the Kentucky Wildcats drives against Tomislav Ivisic #13 of the Illinois Fighting Illini in the first half in the second round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at ...

The No. 6-seeded Fighting Illini can now sharpen their focus on ... playing their fifth and even sixth year of college basketball. "Good way to think about it, all of our guys get carded," said ...

1. With a truly high-octane offense that can rival even that of the Illini, the Wildcats pour in 85.0 points per game (sixth in the country) and do so with a selfless brand of basketball.

The sixth-seeded Illini (22-12) meet third-seeded Kentucky ... It'll be two of college basketball's highest-scoring offenses (both top 10 in Division I) facing off for an opportunity to race ...

The Fighting Illini took the court next, downing the Musketeers, 86-73. Brown: It wasn’t ending Kentucky basketball wanted, but new era is just beginning for Cats Kentucky basketball routed by ...

All the national college basketball writers had put out “way ... An old team had run its course, and the Illini were on the pay-no-mind list. “I don’t give a rip,” Underwood told the ...

The first full day of the NCAA Division 1 men's basketball tournament, known by many as "March Madness" is officially in the books, though the Illinois Fighting Illini are still waiting their turn.

The Fighting Illini's record in Big Ten action is 13-9. Illinois is ninth in college basketball scoring 83.9 points per game while shooting 45.1%. Kentucky averages 9.6 made 3-pointers per game ...