Following a thrilling comeback win over Texas in the First Four, No. 11 Xavier will face No. 6 Illinois Friday night in the ...

Will Riley had 22 points, Kasparas Jakucionis finished one rebound shy of a triple-double and Illinois was perfect from the ...

It's Illinois vs. Xavier in the first round of the March Madness bracket. We have live updates of the NCAA tournament game ...

Illinois got a three-pointer from Kylan Boswell to beat the first-half buzzer for a 40-35 lead, then tore into Xavier for ...

Illinois guard Kylan Boswell took a couple of dribbles and launched the 3-pointer with a Xavier defender in his face just a ...

Photos from Illinois’ 86-73 victory over Xavier in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on March 21, 2025, at Fiserv Forum ...

Madness studio analyst Charles Barkley said before the start of Friday night's NCAA tournament Round of 64 game between the ...

After battling with Xavier throughout the first half, and carrying just a five-point lead into halftime, Illinois broke the game open in the second half, scoring 46 points and ultimately pulling away ...

Xavier made a final push to cut Illinois' lead to eight with just over four minutes left, but Jakucionis set up Riley for another three and then dropped in a layup of his own to quell the threat.

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

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