The No. 18 Kentucky Wildcats and Illinois Fighting Illini square off in the NCAA Tournament second round. The teams meet Sunday for the first time this season.

The Illinois Fighting Illini play in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament against the No. 23 Creighton Bluejays .

Will Riley scored 22 points to lead four players in double figures, and No. 6 seed Illinois beat 11th-seeded Xavier 86-73 on Friday night in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Illinois guard Tre White (22) follows through on a 3-pointer in the second half of an NCAA Tournament gamee against Xavier on ...

Freshman forward has breakout performance in first NCAA tournament game, leads Illinois to first-round victory against Xavier ...

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

No. 6 Illinois (22-12) battled past a physical No. 11 Xavier (22-12) in the first round of March Madness on Friday night, ...

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The Big Ten went undefeated in the first round of the NCAA Tournament while six of the SEC's 14 teams bowed out early.

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

The Big Ten Conference has eight basketball teams in the men's NCAA Tournament. Follow along below for all of the results from the first round. Thursday (4) Pur ...

Freshman Will Riley took the biggest shot of his Illinois career. A 3-pointer snapped through the nylon and put the Illini back up 11. That moment, plus a steal and score by Kasparas Jakucionis right ...