With a Final Four trip to San Antonio in mind, sixth-seeded Illinois (21-12) first must get through 11th-seeded Xavier (22-11 ...

Xavier had lost its first six games against Marquette at Fiserv Forum before a 59-57 upset of the then-No. 7 Golden Eagles ...

An opening-round NCAA Tournament matchup will see the 6-seed Illinois Fighting Illini (21-12) hit the court against the No.

Kasparas Jakucionis, Will Riley and Tomislav Ivisic are in the spotlight like never before. It starts Friday night against ...

First-round action in the men's NCAA Tournament continues Friday with a first-round matchup between Illinois and Xavier in ...

Boswell, a junior and one of only three Illini players on the active roster with NCAA Tourney experience, is urging the ...

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, who have had an erratic and enigmatic season, are set to take on the Xavier Musketeers in the ...

Illinois got perhaps the slightly tougher matchup between Xavier and Texas, who played for the No. 11 spot in the Midwest on ...

Counting the COVID year, Brad Underwood has combined to take Stephen F. Austin, Oklahoma State and Illinois to the NCAA ...

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

Welcome to Day 2 of the madness. As you get ready to settle in and watch the games — 16 of them! — The Athletic has you ...