With border state rival Tennessee awaiting UK ... With the victory over Illinois, Kentucky is now 23-7 in the men’s NCAA Tournament round of 32 since the tournament expanded to at least 64 ...

Kentucky led by as many as 16 points on the way to a Friday night Sweet 16 matchup with border rival Tennessee ... Kentucky beat Illinois with defense. Fourteen steals did the Cats commit, tying ...

No. 3 seed Kentucky defeated No. 6 seed Illinois 84-75 on Sunday night at Fiserv Forum to reach the Sweet 16 for the first time in six years. Pope, who had never won an NCAA Tournament game in ...

It wasn’t always pretty, and it was nerve-racking at times, but the Kentucky Wildcats held off a rally from Illinois to pick up the 84-75 win today in the Round of 32 and advance to the NCAA ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Kentucky and Illinois overhauled their rosters and went right back to the NCAA Tournament. They reloaded in a variety of ways — and it worked out quite well. Illinois has one ...

MILWAUKEE - When Kentucky and Illinois meet Sunday in the NCAA Tournament's Round of 32, it will mark the first meeting between the two teams since Eddie Sutton's 1984 Wildcats punched its ticket ...

Illinois Fighting Illini (22-12, 13-9 Big Ten) vs. Kentucky Wildcats (23-11, 11-9 SEC) Milwaukee; Sunday, 5:15 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Fighting Illini -1.5; over/under is 170.5 BOTTOM ...

MILWAUKEE -- Third-seeded Kentucky will face a maturing Illinois team getting healthy at the right time in a second-round matchup in the NCAA Tournament's Midwest Region on Sunday. Sixth-seeded ...