No. 5 UConn defeated No. 13 Illinois at Madison Square Garden. Here are FOX Sports' takeaways from Friday's ranked matchup.

NEWS: Quinton Kitt, the No. 118 overall recruit in the 2027 class, has committed to Illinois, he told @Rivals. The 6-6 small forward is staying home. “I’m ready to work and represent my state.” https: ...

The UConn Huskies enters Thanksgiving week at 5–1. In their last matchup, they took down Brayant 72–49 in Hartford. It’s a ...

The Cougars come into the game without star forward Kenard Davis Jr., who pleded not guilty to a misdemeanor DUI charge this ...

No. 21 Wisconsin's defensive consistency is among the keys for the Badgers to avenge last season's NCAA tournament loss as ...

The Illini have already proven they can beat top teams based purely on talent, but if they take down the Crimson Tide, it'll ...

The metrics love Akron's chances at making a fourth NCAA tournament in five years. The Zips showed how scrappy they can be, a challenge Purdue will again see.

An unlikely basketball hero died Thursday. Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt was chaplain for the men's basketball team at Loyola University Chicago. She was front and center when the Ramblers made it to ...

TAMPA, Fla. — College basketball's March Madness is coming to the Tampa Bay area in 2026. The first and second rounds will be held at the Benchmark International Arena on March 20 and 22, according to ...

March Madness is close to becoming more maddening. The NCAA is moving closer to expanding its 68-team men’s basketball tournament to a 76-team bracket for the 2026-27 season that would feature 12 ...

Longtime chaplain for Loyola Chicago’s men’s basketball team, Sister Jean, has retired at 106 because of health concerns. The school’s student newspaper, The Loyola Phoenix, announced her retirement ...

At 106 years old, Sister Jean is officially calling it a career as the campus minister and men's basketball team chaplain of Loyola Chicago. In the same statement, school president Mark Reed said that ...