If Illinois beats Kentucky in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday, Tomislav Ivišić would join twin Zvonimir, a center for Arkansas, in the Sweet 16.
Notre Dame guard Olivia Miles is questionable for Sunday’s game against Michigan after she was injured during the Fighting Irish’s runaway victory in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on March 23, according to the Tribune’s archives.
Christian Davis scored 21 points and Corey Thomas added 21 points and 11 rebounds off the bench Saturday, leading Bradley to a 75-67 victory over George Mason in the second round of the NIT.
BYU withstood a ferocious charge from Wisconsin’s John Tonje to hold off the Badgers for a 91-89 victory Saturday that sends the program to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2011.
Genesis Bryant scored 17 points and No. 8 seed Illinois earned its first NCAA Tournament victory in 25 years Saturday night with a 66-57 win over No. 9 Creighton.
Michigan is going back to the Sweet 16 a year after a 24-loss season, using Roddy Gayle’s surge to beat Texas A&M 91-79 on Saturday in the NCAA Tournament.
One game after knocking out Bill Self and the Kansas Jayhawks, John Calipari’s 10th-seeded Arkansas Razorbacks beat longtime nemesis Rick Pitino and St. John’s 75-66 on Saturday.
Illinois must figure out how to stop Kentucky’s high-powered offense in their second-round NCAA Tournament game Sunday in Milwaukee.
Although LSU’s Aneesah Morrow doesn’t possess the typical size of a dominant post player, she enters her final NCAA Tournament having led the nation with 13.6 rebounds per game and 27 double-doubles.