Nowadays, March Madness is a sports term as familiar to most Americans as is Super Bowl or Stanley Cup, yet the college basketball moniker is fairly new when applied to the NCAA Tournament.

The Big Ten this week revealed the conference opponents for teams in the 2025-26 season. Most notable here for Underwood’s ...

Illinois is in a perfect spot — at least geographically — as a No. 7 seed playing in the Midwest with a first-round game in ...