WATCH: Your Illini Nation Postseason Special 2026
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — Both Illini basketball teams are dancing for the second year in a row, and the WCIA 3 Sports team has the full analysis of both teams’ paths to March.
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Glenn Kinley and Courtney Layne Brewer break down both matchups and the men’s and women’s brackets.
Tristan Thomas joins for the keys to a men’s win and an exclusive one-on-one with Shauna Green.
Three-seed Illinois men’s basketball plays 14-seed Penn in the first round of action on Thursday, March 19, at 8:25 p.m.
The women are the seven-seed in the Fort Worth region, playing ten-seed Colorado on Saturday, March 21, at 8:30 p.m.
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