Slotted as a 6 seed, the Illini will face the Texas-Xavier winner on Friday in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament

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.

Vic Schaefer and Texas women's basketball have multiple factors working to their advantage in the 2025 March Madness Tournament.

The Illini, who were peaking before Friday's blowout loss to Maryland, appear to be a wild-card seed in the Big Dance

It’s the Illinois Fighting Illini vs Kentucky in the March Madness bracket. Here’s our prediction for the 2025 NCAA tournament basketball game.

Want to buy tickets to Illinois basketball’s NCAA Tournament 2025 second-round game vs. Kentucky? Here’s how, including prices for March Madness.

How Mark Pope’s Wildcats and Brad Underwood’s Fighting Illini match up at each position for Sunday’s NCAA Tournament game.

It’s the Illinois Fighting Illini vs Xavier in the March Madness bracket. Here’s our prediction for the 2025 NCAA tournament basketball game.

Very, very few former Rockford high school basketball players have played a bigger role in the men's NCAA tournament than Sincere Parker did last week for McNeese.

Updates from Indianapolis as the Kentucky Wildcats play the Tennessee Volunteers for a spot in the Elite Eight.