The Illinois Fighting Illini men’s basketball team has been a March Madness staple and is currently riding a four-season streak of making the NCAA Tournament. However, the 2024-25 season hasn’t quite gone to plan.

With the Fighting Illini were battling both illness and injury, the result was a polar opposite to Wisconsin's loss in Champaign this season. The Badgers were outrebounded 40-29 during that 86-80 defeat. On Tuesday, they flipped the script, grabbing 39 rebounds to Illinois' 30.

The Illinois basketball team fell to Big Ten rival Wisconsin in blowout fashion on Tuesday in Madison. After the game, head coach Brad Underwood opted to

Wisconsin basketball outlasted Illinois on Tuesday, avenging an early-season loss. Brad Underwood explained postgame why the teams did not shake hands

Wisconsin basketball (21-5, 11-4 Big Ten) cruised to a commanding 95-74 victory over the Illinois Fighting Illini (17-10, 9-8 Big Ten) on Tuesday night. The team did so courtesy of another valiant scoring effort by star wing John Tonje.

The Illinois Fighting Irish suffered a horrible road defeat, after choosing not to shake hands with Wisconsin, head coach Brad Underwood decided to visit them after the game.

Illinois coach Brad Underwood didn't have his team shake Wisconsin's hands following their game Tuesday due an illness outbreak in the Illini locker room.

Brad Underwood had a good reason why Illinois players didn't shake Wisconsin's hands after Tuesday night's loss.