The Illini, who were peaking before Friday's blowout loss to Maryland, appear to be a wild-card seed in the Big Dance

Maryland ended a run of futility in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals and advanced to Saturday’s semifinal for the first time since 2016.

Former coach Bruce Weber says Illinois basketball must improve toughness after a 23-point loss to Maryland in the 2025 Big Ten Tournament.

With Illinois' dominant win over Iowa on Thursday evening in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament, Maryland men's basketball will have another showdown with the high-flying Illini on Friday. Illinois took down Iowa,

Iowa men's basketball faced off against Illinois in the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday. Here's how it went down for the Hawkeyes and Fran McCaffery.

Iowa head coach Fran McCaffery got the heave-ho during the Hawkeyes' battle vs. Illinois in the Big Ten Tournament.

Coach Kevin Willard said that didn’t worry him — the Terps proved their coach right on Friday. No. 2 seed Maryland men’s basketball clobbered No. 7 seed Illinois, 88-65, in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

Was this the end for Payton Sandfort and Fran McCaffery? The biggest takeaways from Iowa's loss vs. No. 25 Illinois in the Big Ten Tournament.

The 15th-seeded Iowa Hawkeyes saw their Big Ten Tournament run end Thursday night with a second-round loss vs. seventh-seeded and No. 25 Illinois (21-11, 12-8) in a 106-94 loss from Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

After back-to-back solid performances, the Iowa Hawkeyes returned to their ways on Thursday night in what could be a fitting end to the Fran McCaffery era in Iowa City. In their prior to games, the Hawkeyes showed consistent effort on both the defensive end and on the glass.