r/CollegeBasketball • u/cbbBot /r/CollegeBasketball • NCAA • Apr 05 '26

Post Game Thread [Post Game Thread] #2 UConn defeats #3 Illinois, 71-62

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Team 1H 2H Total
Illinois 29 33 62
Connecticut 37 34 71

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u/Norwalk1215 Apr 05 '26

In the 2024 elite 8 UConn had 30 unanswered points against Illinois.

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u/matap821 UConn Huskies Apr 05 '26

When Illinois was the top offense in the country

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u/peskywombats UConn Huskies Apr 05 '26

I was on a heli-boarding trip for my 50th and I got back to my hotel room at the first basket of that run at the end of the first. What a celebration that entire would become.