Analyzing Friday’s Xavier vs. Illinois odds and lines, with college basketball expert picks, predictions and best bets.

Plus, national player of the year selections, which No. 1 seeds are the most vulnerable and the most likely Final Four teams.

The Illinois Fighting Illini (21-12) will face the Xavier Musketeers (22-11) in the first round of the 2025 NCAA Tournament ...

Our Xavier vs. Illinois predictions think the No. 11-seeded Musketeers can force an upset in this Midwest Region showdown.

CBS Sports and TNT Sports analyst Jay Wright is more uniquely qualified than most to offer insight and make predictions about March Madness. After all, Wright ...

Williams didn’t have his March Madness moment during his lone season at Arizona, but he was part of the Mavericks’ run to the ...

Xavier faces Illinois. Our college basketball March Madness odds series has our Xavier Illinois prediction, odds and pick.

Madness picks, predictions, odds for Xavier vs Illinois first-round Midwest Region game on Friday, March 21, 2025. Who wins?

It’s the Illinois Fighting Illini vs Xavier in the March Madness bracket. Here’s our prediction for the 2025 NCAA tournament ...

LEXINGTON — St. Xavier High School’s premier program brought home the 200 th state championship in school history. With seniors Thomas Mercer and Alex Thiesing both setting meet records ...

Sean Miller’s Xavier Musketeers are doing just that. After battling through a frontloaded schedule against the top teams in the Big East, Xavier is now a season-high seven games over ...

Xavier is 7-5 with a huge ranked win over Indiana and an impressive win against Stanford this year. Tennessee on SI shared their predictions for this midweek contest. See what each of them had to ...