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

The Wildcats will face Tennessee in the Sweet 16. MILWAUKEE — Kentucky ... UK was in front for more than 37 minutes; Illinois (22-13) was on top of the scoreboard a mere 26 seconds in a contest ...

Monday's winner advances to the Sweet 16. Texas has reached the Sweet 16 in three of the past four seasons. Illinois was last a Sweet 16 team in 1998.

Under first-year coach Mark Pope, No. 3 seed Kentucky has advanced to the Sweet 16 thanks to an 84-75 win over No. 6 Illinois on Sunday. The win ends a four-season drought of reaching the NCAA ...

CBS March Madness studio analyst Charles Barkley said before the start of Friday night's NCAA tournament Round of 64 game between the Xavier Musketeers and the Illinois Fighting Illini in Milwaukee ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Kentucky guard Koby Brea (4) handles the ball against Illinois guard Kasparas Jakucionis (32) during the ...

Both the Wildcats and Volunteers scored wins by large margins in the early rounds of the 2025 men’s NCAA Tournament.

MILWAUKEE — Tomislav Ivišić was standing in the Illinois locker room in front ... among the brothers as the first to advance to the Sweet 16. Tomislav hopes to match his path Sunday when ...

Considering Illinois (21-12) wrapped up its pre-NCAA Tournament schedule with a ... From there, the most likely Sweet 16 opponents for Illinois would appear to be Tennessee, a squad the Illini ...

Texas handily defeated William & Mary and Illinois in its first ... as it was ranked No. 17 by the NCAA selection committee. Nonetheless, the Rebels made the Sweet 16 anyway after beating Baylor ...