Xavier's season ended Friday night at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee after an 86-73 loss to Illinois in the NCAA Tournament.

Illinois basketball knocks off Xavier in the first round of the March Madness bracket. Live score, NCAA Tournament highlights ...

Until the NCAA Tournament starts awarding teams style points, an ugly win is worth precisely as much as a sexy one. For that ...

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

FOX’s John Fanta had 11th-seeded Xavier (22-12) pegged to take down sixth-seeded Illinois (22-12) in the opening round of the ...

The No. 6 Fighting Illini cruised to a 86-73 victory against the No. 11 Musketeers in the opening round of the NCAA ...

Dailyn Swain was magnificent all night long. He’d struggled recently, but he attacked Illinois with everything in his bag.

In the last of four games of the day, Illinois took the hardwood against Xavier in what was essentially a home game for ...

Will Riley went off for 18 points in the second half as the Illini pulled away. They'll face Kentucky on Sunday.

Will Riley scored 22 points and Tomislav Ivisic added 20 points and 10 rebounds to pace sixth-seeded Illinois to an 86-73 ...

Riley 8-12 3-3 22, Ivisic 7-15 2-2 20, Boswell 5-8 2-2 15, Jakucionis 3-11 9-9 16, White 3-5 0-0 7, Humrichous 0-5 0-0 0, Johnson 2-2 2-2 6, Gibbs-Lawhorn 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-58 18-18 86.

University of Illinois fans and alumni are ready as the Fighting Illini head into their first game of March Madness, taking ...