Kentucky coach Mark Pope was among the first to embrace Illinois star Will Riley after the second-round game. He quickly praised the former Kentucky recruiting ...

An Illinois men’s basketball team that was inconsistent for stretches this season stumbled out of the gate against Kentucky in the NCAA Tournament second round and never quite found its ...

The Illinois Fighting Illini and Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball teams meet in the 2025 NCAA Tournament second round at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee on Sunday, March 23. SCORE: Kentucky leads Illinois ...

Our Magic 8 Ball tells us to expect next-level offense from the Illini's Kasparas Jakucionis and Wildcats' Otega Oweh ...

The No. 18 Kentucky Wildcats and Illinois Fighting Illini play in the NCAA Tournament second round. The teams match up Sunday ...

The result has Illinois one win away from advancing beyond the NCAA Tournament’s opening weekend for a second straight year.

Illinois basketball didn’t have a lot of positive vibes entering the first round of the NCAA tournament. The last time we saw ...

It proved costly in No. 18 Purdue basketball's 88-80 loss to Illinois ... but Purdue went cold down the stretch just as the Illini heated up. Illinois closed the game on a 16-3 run, helped by ...

Kylan Boswell has been the final Illinois starter introduced at State Farm Center the entire season — from the opener against ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) -- Illinois is the No. 7 seed in the 2025 Big Ten Tournament. The Fighting Illini will open play at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis in Round 2 on Thursday at 5:30 p ...

The University of Illinois said Saturday that it is investigating ... by opposing fans during his team's 88-80 loss to the Fighting Illini in Champaign, Illinois, on Friday night.

The Illinois Fighting Illini wrapped up regular season Big Ten conference play with a comeback victory at home over the 18th-ranked Purdue Boilermakers. In a back-and-forth affair, the Fighting ...