The Illinois Fighting Illini play the Xavier Musketeers in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. Friday's meeting is the first this season between the two teams. Illinois is 13-9 ...

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The Illini are tired of playing the waiting game. Now it’s time to play a game. In the NCAA Tournament. Illinois faces Xavier ...

Illinois star guard Kasparas Jakučionis enters his first NCAA Tournament after a month of ups and downs, and he’s excited for ...

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.

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Texas and Xavier's First Four showdown could have massive ramifications on the Midwest Region.

Beat writer Scott Richey looks back at some memorable moments (hello, Arizona in 2005 Elite Eight) and looks ahead to whether ...

Adalia McKenzie, left, and Kendall Bostic are two key reasons why the Illinois women’s basketball team will play in the NCAA ...

This is a particularly fascinating tournament happening at an unusually intriguing moment for college basketball, a sport ...

Michigan State’s Tom Izzo was the last Big Ten coach to win a men’s national championship, beating Florida nearly 25 years ago in Indianapolis.

SPEAKING OF COACHES, the committee outdid itself by pitting Kansas against Arkansas in the first round, with the winner lined ...