Category Archives: Illinois Basketball

Date: Saturday, April 4th Time: 5:09 PM CT Watch: TBS / truTV Location: Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis, IN) The Illinois Fighting Illini have punched their ticket to the Final FourContinue reading “March Madness Final Four Preview: Illinois vs UConn”

Date: Saturday, March 28th Time: 5:09 PM CT Watch: TBS / truTV Location: Toyota Center (Houston, TX) The Illinois Fighting Illini have punched their ticket to the Elite Eight afterContinue reading “March Madness Elite Eight Preview: Illinois vs Iowa”

Date: Thursday, March 26th Time: 9:05 PM CT Watch: TBS / truTV Location: Toyota Center (Houston, TX) The Illini advance to the Sweet 16 after a dominant run, including aContinue reading “March Madness Preview: Illinois vs Houston”

Date: Saturday, March 21stTime: 6:50 PM CTWatch: CBSLocation: Bon Secours Wellness Arena (Greenville, SC) The Illini move on to the second round where they’ll face a dangerous and well-balanced VCUContinue reading “March Madness Preview: Illinois vs VCU”

Date: Thursday, March 19th Time: 8:25 PM CT Watch: TNT Location: Bon Secours Wellness Arena (Greenville, SC) The Illini will open up their sixth consecutive NCAA Tournament against a familiar foeContinue reading “March Madness Preview: Illinois vs Penn”

Tip Off: Saturday March 30th, 2024 – 5:09 PM CT Venue: TD Garden – Boston, MA Illinois took down 2-seed Iowa State on Thursday night to advance to the EliteContinue reading “NCAA Tournament Elite Eight Matchup: Illinois vs Connecticut”

Tip Off: Thursday March 28th, 2024 – 9:09 PM CT Venue: TD Garden – Boston, MA After beating Duquesne 89-63 in the second round, the Fighting Illini have now reachedContinue reading “NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen Matchup: Illinois vs Iowa State”

Tip Off: Saturday March 23rd, 2024 – 7:40 PM CT – TNT Venue: CHI Health Center Omaha – Omaha, NE The Fighting Illini are headed to the second round ofContinue reading “NCAA Tournament Matchup: Illinois vs Duquesne”

Tip Off: Thursday March 21st, 2024 – 2:10 PM CT – truTV Venue: CHI Health Center Omaha – Omaha, NE The Fighting Illini come off a Big Ten Tournament ChampionshipContinue reading “NCAA Tournament Preview: Illinois vs Morehead State”

Last year’s team had a ton of skill but never seemed to mesh. In fact, they may have peaked in November and December with neutral site wins over UCLA andContinue reading “Illinois Basketball Season Preview”