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College basketball fans all had the same complaint about the Final Four games between UConn-Illinois and Michigan-Arizona.

The choices Tarris Reed made led him here: to NCAA Tournament stardom and to the national title game, against his old school.

Maybe Geno just needed a minute

UConn avoided a second-half collapse to defeat Illinois by the final score of 71-62 in the Final Four of the 2026 NCAA tournament on Saturday.

UConn will play for a national championship on Monday night after beating Illinois 71-62 tonight in Indianapolis in the NCAA Tournament Final Four. The Huskies will face Michigan for the title. UConn will be looking to win its seventh national championship and its third under head coach Dan Hurley.

The UConn Huskies held off the Illinois Fighting Illini to make their third national title appearance in the past four years.

Ball is banged up after UConn’s Final Four win over Illinois, with just one day until the national championship game against the Wolverines.

In an Elite Eight game between Iowa and UNLV in March 1987, Runnin’ Rebels forward Gerald Paddio nailed four three-pointers in the second half, part of a 24-2 scoring run that erased a 16-point halftime deficit.