The No. 18 Kentucky Wildcats and Illinois Fighting Illini play in the NCAA Tournament second round. The teams match up Sunday for the first time this season.

The Wildcats delivered a statement performance in Milwaukee on Sunday, fending off Illinois 84-75 to secure a highly ...

UK's Koby Brea 3-pointer Kentucky Wildcats guard Koby Brea hit a 3-pointer at the top of the key with 10:14 left in the second half. Brea's basket put Kentucky ahead 68-53 vs. Illinois basketball. ...

In his first season on the job, Mark Pope leads the Kentucky Wildcats back to the Sweet 16 for the first time in six years.

He scored 23 points, and led the Kentucky Wildcats past Illinois and to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 2019. The Wildcats got out in front early in this one, despite early foul trouble ...

Watch the No. 6 seed Illinois Fighting Illini (22-12) try to punch their ticket to the Sweet 16 in an NCAA Tournament Round of 32 matchup against the No. 3 seed Kentucky Wildcats (23-11) on Sunday ...

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After six long years, the Kentucky Wildcats are headed back to the Sweet 16. And it happened in Mark Pope’s first season on the job. The Cats defeated Illinois 84-75 at the Fiserv Forum on ...