Kentucky coach Mark Pope was among the first to embrace Illinois star Will Riley after the second-round game. He quickly ...

An Illinois men’s basketball team that was inconsistent for stretches this season stumbled out of the gate against Kentucky in the NCAA Tournament second round and never quite found its ...

While Kitchener, Ont. native Will Riley might be feeling down in the dumps right now, the future is bright. The freshman ...

Illinois men's basketball lost to Kentucky in the second round of 2025 March Madness. NCAA Tournament recap, highlights from ...

It's fair to look at both ends of spectrum. The players aren't shying away from it, like Tomislav Ivisic when he told me this was "A team that could, but didn't.” ...

It only took a few minutes of the game, but you could see where the Illinois basketball team was heading on Sunday. The ...

The high school softball season kicks off this week, beginning Tuesday with Hauser visiting Jennings County. Columbus North ...

A completely turned-over Illini roster had some good moments during the season, but matching the consistency of last year's ...

Koby Brea started fast to help lead Kentucky basketball to victory over Illinois in the second round of March Madness. UK ...

The sixth-seeded Illini (22-12) meet third-seeded Kentucky (23-11) in Milwaukee on Sunday (4:15 p.m. CT, on CBS) in a second-round showdown that appears to have all the makings of the most ...

Columbia co-captains Kitty Henderson and Cecelia Collins set a standard. That's why there's hope for the future even after ...

The sixth-seeded Illini are counting on it as they and Riley prepare to square off against third-seeded Kentucky in Sunday's ...