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

Set for their fifth consecutive March Madness appearance, Illinois looks to build upon an up-and-down season as they open ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

Many players who have made a run in the NCAA Tournament look back on the experience as one that went too fast. From the final ...

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

Madness picks, predictions, odds for Xavier vs Illinois first-round Midwest Region game on Friday, March 21, 2025. Who wins?