CHAMPAIGN, Ill. − A second-half double-digit lead slipped away yet again. It proved costly in No. 18 Purdue basketball's 88-80 loss to Illinois at State Farm Center. The Boilermakers nearly got ...

The Illinois Fighting Illini are on the hunt for another Sweet 16 appearance. Do they have what it takes to get back this ...

A loss would be no typical “end” for this team. It has likely one-and-dones in freshmen Kasparas Jakucionis and Will Riley, ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Iowa basketball found some March magic in back-to-back wins over Nebraska and Ohio State. There were no such heroics for the Hawkeyes against Illinois on Thursday. The Hawkeyes ...

State of play: Chicago area colleges and universities have a long history of making waves during March Madness, or at least ...

MACKINAW — Not one big play. Or two, or even three. But four key plays from Lexi Baer in the final minutes of a Class 2A girls basketball sectional final on Thursday helped lift Peoria Notre ...

With the Iowa trailing Illinois, 69-60, and 13:33 left in the second half of a second-round game in the 2025 TIAA Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament, Hawkeyes basketball coach Fran McCaffery ...

Iowa's run in the 2025 TIAA Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament came to a close on Thursday night as the 15th-seeded Hawkeyes fell to No. 7 seed and 25th-ranked Illinois, 106-94, in the second round.

The internet never sleeps – especially on Selection Sunday – so social media was abuzz about the Illini headed into March Madness ...