Xavier and Illinois will meet on Friday night in the first round of the 2025 NCCA tournament at the Fiserv Forum, in ...

College basketball has produced many memorable squad nicknames over the years. Maryland's "Crab Five" is the latest.

Wherever the floor is now in terms of expectations, this season’s Illini definitely haven't risen above it. Going backward isn’t an option.

The Illinois Fighting Illini play the Xavier Musketeers in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. Friday's meeting is the ...

The Illinois Fighting Illini and No. 23 Creighton Bluejays meet in the NCAA Tournament opening round. The teams play Saturday ...

How far can the No. 6-seeded Fighting Illini of Illinois go in the NCAA Tournament? Here's what the experts have to say ahead ...

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

The more one looks at Xavier, which went 13-7 in the Big East — nothing wrong with that — the more one finds to like.

As the Fighting Illini softball team opened Big Ten play for the 2025 season, the staff behind the program asked a special fan to perform the honor of throwing out the ceremonial first pitch. Standing ...

Can't Wait For Saturday | 'Basketball school' will provide early test for Bielema's team Bob Asmussen is a college football ...

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