UConn vs. Illinois: 2024 NCAA men's Elite Eight | FULL REPLAY

it is loud it is emotional it is intense in this building tonight the winner to the final four an Allstar crew to officiate Terry Oglesby in his 15th tournament eighth Elite eight games and four final four Doug Sha's 25th tournament his 14th Elite eight and the Phil five final fours on his resume and Byron Jarrett 12 to tournament fifth sweet 16 days ago and the first Elite eight for him and here we go and Yukon will begin it they go inside to the 72 clinging wed in there jump offall that's not exactly the way I expected the game to start no it's an easy shot we saw King do that in the first half the other night Miss a couple from point flank range here come the fighting El now number 10 in the AP pole 29 and eight record on top the Mas here's Shannon formerly a Texas Tech now at the El ey drives into a couple Defenders Castle's got the rebound lost inside diving is Shannon always in his great ja it he tries to get away tie [Applause] up it's yukon's ball called a shot clock violation the shot clock got stuck there at09 nice job by the officials to recognize that Yukon in the first round beat ston by 39 beat Northwestern in the second round by 17 and then took care of San Diego State in the sweet 16 into clinging well they have definitely tried to establish clinging early here going to him inside on both possessions cutting is Shannon Hawkins on the wing The Versatile senior they beat a tough Iowa State team Hawkins of three with the rebound Chas down this is what these guards do rebound well Castle the other way bringing the rebound doubled up and down and Stan you talked about the versatility of Hawkins and he is very personal versatile but he's given up 50 lbs and a few inches to kingan and now here's kingan again he grabs the ball Hawkins is all tied up Hawkins missed the three Hawkins has to make those threes and if he doesn't then cing it has a huge advantage and we're going to see I think a lot of D Danger tonight because of that Dane danger can match up physically a lot better with clinging LS to mask looking for a screen from Rogers this is their game Dam mask on the back down and then when he draws his second Defender make the play trying to wiggle around the defense right there of Newton down low a turnover by the Ali bringing picked it up Newton the other way crosscourt it's [Applause] castle and man for Illinois they got a big in M right down the lane rebound through the hands of Clan retrieved Inside by gang [Applause] AAS into cariban oh he kned it away he slacks that ball out of bounds that's theas game he likes to take the ball and get it close to the basket but again he's given up a couple of inches to caraban the Connecticut size on the in the back court and on the wings is really impressive good feed toass Rogers inside another rebound by the guards they Illinois five possessions and no points on the other way the first team All America Newton and out to Castle he was the biging Freshman of the Year Castle on top clinging the screen Castle will chisel his way inside clinging again they've got to get the mask in the game and sure enough he's getting up going to the table clinging his just overwhelming Coleman Hawkins inside and the drive in Rogers trips [Applause] fou number2 stand it's just a screen and roll and Hawkins goes to help out and you just cannot leave clinging he's too powerful in there and I mean this is not the way Brad Underwood wanted it to start you don't want to get behind this Yukon team because once they sense blood in the water they go after it Clingan the center picked up his first for the huskys well look the overriding question in this entire tournament guys is can anyone compete with let alone beat youah this exactly what you're talking about they have been so dominant and boy it's great to get off to a big start Dan free throws an issue for the Arion night the other the night in this week 16 they just missed their first and their second so they they've taken a couple of really tough shots they've turned it over a couple times now they missed two free throws not going to be Yukon that way bringing is on the wing it's up Newton with a three Damascus got it quickly ahead Rogers will slash and fire a pass danger was in steep out of bounds it's another turnover for Illinois Stan did it looked to you like he had a lanee to the basket and then crossed over and put kinging back into play he put kinging right went right at kingan here and then danger just standing out of bounds but I like the tempo there when they can get a stop and rebound they've got to push and not have to face yukon's set defense Rogers is out Luke goody has come in Samson Johnson will P it right here and out here a sweet feed from Tristan Newton and that's what Johnson does that's 91 field goals for him this year 70 of them have been dunked well all nine points here by the centers from yukai damask Newton is riding him down row foul Tristan Newton will pick it up for ukar four minutes gone off the bench climbs the ladder Johson with the dunk and a sweet delivery from Newton back in Boston let's take a look at Advanced stats presented by Invesco QQQ well they've shot over 50% in the tournament so far but 0 of four here to start tonight and not a great start certainly not the way they wanted to get going they've got a great free throw shooter at the line right now in damask hopefully he gets them on the board and they can settle into this game by the way Dan Illinois Trail Morehead State in the first round nine zip came back to win that by 16 they beat Dain by 26 and to care of Iowa State now they are 0 of three from the line tonight the other night sweet 16 15 of 29 well I mean it's hard to win any game when you shoot free throws like that and particularly today they got to do something to break the seal and they do but this is the kind of dominant performance we have seen from Yukon the question is can they do it can ILO do anything to slow him down Yukon has won 10 consecutive games they've lost one game since January 1st complete domination Spencer the transfer spinning and looking and it's outside Newton's got it shot clock at four rebound to mask and the one a run very good defensive possession there great job by youing to yeah damask Spencer defending P to a wide open priny now that time he had a size advantage against Spencer and because his teammates could see that Johnson came over to help that left G open that's the way they need to play and that's the way they want to play with the mass controling the ball in the half court and going to that back down game it's Spenser down the L and a patented shot on his way he loves that Runner that's too easy right there you're so worried about him shooting threes you go running out on them and you just can't do it good point there's D mask First Team all big 10 Hawkins toask and picked up by Newton down low hard to the right R well if you're going to play him one-on-one down there even with Newton's side Newton's given up strength you kind of struggle with that Spencer surrounded by three castle of three had a double double the other night rebound by Gary but that's the one part of his game that really isn't very good at this time that three-point shot he does everything else very well so far best player on Illinois Shannon quiet just had the ball now Hawkins on top he fills every category taking it in powering his way toson is there a series of moves shots from the [Applause] rebound it's Newton takes it down low and then they kick it on top great defense there by Shannon S in a screen Castle will look to probe and they'll restart this is the number one offense in college basketball of Yukon Illinois is number two Newton bang kem's off bodies and a [Applause] foul coverage of the NCAA division one women's basketball championship Elite 8 begins tomorrow afternoon on the ESPN platforms for more information on game times and listings go to ncaa.com Caitlyn Clark a little disappointing today Dan only 29 Points and 15 [Music] assists it's a goody foul on Illinois and Newton will be at the line First Team all America the grab senior fromell passor Texas now they're going to bring in Daran Dar comes in diara excuse me checks in senior from Queens and they'll take out Stefan cassen with Newton at the [Applause] line so now they've got diara on on Shannon not nearly as big and strong as Stefan Castle it's toask up top again Shannon with nothing yet he's got it right now diara is on it screen by Hawkins G A Hard powering down the lane rebound goody out to theam mask open [Applause] three they're settling down now and their offense is finding good shots their defense has been good clinging that out of the game he's going to come back in now he's the guy they couldn't handle it's cariban with a three oh rebound pry Outlet comes now to sh look at him slly d c watch out when he gets the ball in transition there is no one better in college basketball and he went through two guys [Applause] he's really something when he gets the ball and goes this guy's a two-way player he'll get it done on the defensive end also Tiara Newton into Hawkins side steps him Hawkins who's got the rebound here come the Ali on the wing gar launches a three rebound Caravan who grew up about an hour rest of here grabs it Spencer Tiara down low diara was outstanding the other night 10 points four rebounds four assists against San Diego State off the glass t on diara who was the biggie six-man Award winner go to this theask back in again no he's going to pull up and shoot the three he's struggled shooting the three during the season he's been better in the postseason but that's great news for the Ali ey if he's going to be knocking them down from there well if he does that they've got a real chance here tonight cuz we know he can go to that back down game Connecticut 34 and3 record they win one more it's a new program record diara shot clock at three Johnson down low off of Ukon Illinois Yukon will have it under 11 minutes to go Illinois has scored on six of their last eight trips it was nine zip Connecticut now a two-point game a reminder Masters live watch it now for exclusive coverage of Amen Corner 15 and 16 in feature groups watch live on the CVS Sports moments ago Andy CS caught up with the coach of number one seed Yukon Dan Hurley well Danny you're about to put Donovan kingan back in what made him so effective in those first four minutes just obviously matchup uh opportunity to go high low uh you know they have an advantage down here you know playing him in space with five out but we got a big Advantage down there with him thanks Danny and they've got 1.4 to get this shot away clinging catches and fires Shannon had the ball finally grabb by gy here come the elii Shannon the third rank scoring college basketball hits the duck on the Miss it's picked up by Spencer the other way now castle scking inside on the FL they're getting tangled up and crackling it out of bounds it goes it will be Illinois ball that was a great play in transition by danger to go straight up in the air and to avoid the foul you know what is going on it's great hustle and it does go off clinging it is amazing to me having watched between 35 and 40 college games in the last two weeks how much no but seriously how much more physical the college game is than the NBA Tiara pokes it away shot clock manageable at 15 seconds toask diara defends the bump out of bounds it's Connecticut sport I I mean he just hit damask on his elbow shooting the ball Shannon got fouled on that last Drive I mean it's amazing the amount of contact they allow in college basketball Yukon has lost one game one game since January 1st 23 and one Spencer three rebound pulled Inside by Justin Harmon Off the Bench grab senior who has played elsewhere takes it in right here it's a rebound it's cam Spencer and the other way for the Huskies plinging a scream good feed diara will complete itar that's diar's second basket tonight he really provides a spark coming off the bench and if Harmon is going to drive the ball to the the basket if kingan is there he's got to pull up and shoot the mid-range jumper he's not shooting it over cing here comes Illinois they' won seven consecutive games Damas defended by diar loose danger tries to sa the ball and it's out of bounds it's yukon's Ball Watch The Men's Elite a on your computer phone tablet or streaming device we then see you a March Madness wi download now to stay up today on all all the action I'm surprised that dangers come out of the game and they're going to go back to Hawkins on clinging yukon's going to go right at that I would think it's Castle clinging Hawkins defends I mean if he's going to catch the ball that close to the basket again he's got 50 lbs on Hawkins there's not a thing that Hawkins can do Hawkins has absolutely no chance against him they'll take it in clinging defend swipes the ball great rebound by Rogers and Rogers a great offensive rebound he leads him here comes Shannon rejected Quon picked up Hawkins three no rebound inside four foul you come clinging just I mean he Roots his his space inside and then Hawkins there's just nothing he can do now I think that Illinois hasn't gotten the message yet it's going to be really hard to go right at clinging maybe take a mid-range jump shot Jaylen Stewart is checked in for the Huskies Here Comes gerer he'll come in for Justin Haron Illinois seven consecutive Miss shots good heel inbound quickly cutting inside w cling got the ball and got the player he's got a couple blocks and Shannon felt the wrath of that defense you just can't be looking for the foul in that situation you're not going to get it certainly not in college basketball they don't call fouls going to the [Music] basket 29 wins for the Eli most in 19 years here they go up high Shannon caught comes down goes up and feeds Rogers on the doorstep couldn't get it t got the rebound he was looking for klling and even though kinging wasn't there diara three it's a gritty rebound for the oi9 he's got four Off the Bench hins the other [Applause] way Rogers driving into cling yeah looks like their game plan Dan is to a challenge swinging every time down the floor that is far from working well for them at this point he's a top 10 shot Blocker in the college basketball world he sure is Kevin and that's with playing only 22 minutes a game ST I'm not sure that Illinois has scored with kingan in the game it's Clingan Hawkins is on him under siiz 72 against 610 shot clock at one newton fires good if it goes it's loose and out of bounds and half of Ukon Illinois's ball 720 in the first half and complete coverage of the NCAA division 1 women's tournament on ncaa.com Illinois just 23% from the floor so far moments ago our Andy cats caught up with the coach Brad under of the Ali ey Brad how can you limit the effectiveness of Donovan kingan at both ends of the Court shrinking by a foot 72 he's a he's a he's a quick twitch jumper he's big uh no we're going to keep going at him we're going to keep going at him we're going to if he blocks 100 he blocks 100 we're not backing down we're going to do what we do uh we'll get drives we had a good stretch there uh when he wasn't in the game we got to continue to be aggressive thanks BR thank you Brad Underwood who played a couple years as a guard at Kansas State under the legendary Jack Hartman carries a lot of those traits now in his seventh year with Illinois the Eli scoreless over the last 4 minutes 0 of 10 Shannon's been quiet Castle will defend shot clock is working with Hawkins looking for a screen down to nine Hawkins down low he's working on Stewart down to three Corner garer tried to fly couldn't get it down Newton the [Applause] rebound Gary is a good three-point shooter he's passed up a couple of Threes now I agree he should have knocked that one down Illinois now 0 of their last 11 screen for Newton takes it into Shannon G in the rebound well Yukon centers are five for seven and the rest of the team is three for 16 I I think Illinois may have missed a big chance here because Yukon is not shooting the ball well at all and Damas comes up with another two give him 11 to lead the Ali and the first player in this game in double Figures it's only a four-point game now I mean and the whole game has been clinging nobody else really doing anything for Yukon Castle on top gerer there into King and Hawkins will try to defend Castle lets it rip from three rebound Spencer par shoots in knocked Away by Shannon takes it the other way through the defense of Ukon and a foul call on the Huskies fou number five ston castle that's his second personal fou you guys have been talking about physical play in this one it sure has been that's a foul and he's on the war in her div that's a foul that's probably not a foul but you're getting hit all the time and the referees to say they're letting them play would be an understatement Drey Gibbs wah horn a freshman is in he's got the ball right here plays about five to six minutes a game G is on top diara and Johnson have checked in for Yukon damask gerer will take it Chon will defend now you have a chance to drive it to the basket because clinging is out oh yeah they were plus n or plus 11 with clinging in the game and Illinois is having their way when he's been out of the game here in the first half it's diara on top Spencer on the wing approaching five to play The Freshman will try to defend the senior foul we talked about Spencer as a three-point shooter and he is but Kevin you mentioned it before he's also really clever getting into the lane with those little push shots and floaters so here is one of the best free throw shooters and cam Spencer he played three years at lyola Maryland he played last year at Ruckers and he scored over 1,800 points in his college career and comes in here as one of the top three-point Shooters in college basketball love movies well you're in luck because Max gets movies lots of them Acclaim from his family favorites and more scream now on Max the one to watch for movies we T we've talked about offense but we've seen very poor offense so far in terms of shooting today Hawkins who we thought had to have a big game for Illinois hasn't scored and Shannon only has two points but Yukon they're only shooting 32% they're 0 for eight from three but they've made all five free throws and they do not have a turnover in game here is Hawkins and caraban will desend working hard in they've been able to get it in there when kingan's not there when kingan's out of the game it's a whole different ball game [Applause] Tiara and carrier will defend four and a half in the half that's a foul and it's called on Yukon number 11 Alex and that's going to go on Alex caraban the sophomore but kingan's not there and cariban doesn't have nearly the strength that cariban does and Hawkins a pretty efficient player we going to go right back to it it's haw he finagle his way in cariban will defend now they quickly Blitz cutting the Freshman outside goody free no rebound tip and Fry will not go in there Gibs line one had it and couldn't get it oh what a pass di inss Ted Samson Johnson that's a great job running the floor by Samson Johnson and an outstanding delivery toas he wants the side cleared yeah he's going to back down the smaller guy in diara carving spinning and getting it to go they cannot guard him oneon-one down there if he can get it down there the has tipped it away outside and he's five for eight from the floor the rest of the team is 4 for 21 [Applause] Spencer work here goes newon P shooting foul and that will go on theask number one in strike Samson Johnson and then on the other end diara trying to stop damask two-point game in Boston it's the elite a the East Regional final Illinois and Connecticut with a two-point Yukon lead they've led by nine Illinois has not LED no ties in this game so far and a couple more threes for the Eli and 0 of eight from distance for Yukon it's really interesting if you're Yukon you look at it okay they're shooting very poorly they've missed all their threes but they're still up by two but it's the Yukon defense that's really helping them here clinging they need to have him in the game and of course he's a big guy he's had some injury problems you can't leave him in there all the time but boy when he's in there he's been effective it's Newton tug cling and KN to way inside toas may have gotten a hand on it he'll come the other way they threw that lob Newton threw that lob way too [Applause] low Gary's got to look for that shot here's the dynamic Shannon quiet weaving driving inside knocked away Clinton he's got three BL shots diar the other way it's Newton to caraban and resetting the offense with a l to the double team clinging kned away G comes up with it and theask the other way with a chance to tie or take a lead goody the screen and ging this for their first lead it's up knock open shots on the pass and then shooting it off the dribble coming three oh and a rebound clinging HS it in with the [Applause] whistle foul called that's fouls on Shannon and Shannon will pick it up a guy who's averaging 31 points in the postseason Big 10 in NCA tournament and he's been uh quiet in this one Brad Underwood watching from the side 36 years he's been a coach assistant and a head coach in the college game Clingan Spencer gouging his way in it's a foul it's on Illinois number3 Hopkin it's on Hopkins who picks up number two it's a nice dish here by Spencer and he gets him on the arm from the down well that's the Clingan does such a nice job when Spencer draws the defense he just finds the open area and that's what you want your big guy to do not to stand out there and be a spectator bringing last year on the national championship husky seven points and five rebounds this season averaging 13 points and seven rebounds and coming up on AT&T at the half the adward winning Ernie Johnson gang will have their first half analysis and a look ahead to the next game of the night between Clemson and Alabama all coming up on AT&T at the half miss them both ready the rebound free throws five of seven for Yukon one of four for Illinois and Illinois is now three for 21 from the floor when kingan is in the game that's 14% to to get inside he's got 15 points for the oi our game's first time well that's the matchup they haven't been able to handle the mass size and strength has been too much for them it's diara darier defending off a screen Spence with three rebound cariban out Taro a triple well diara is the only perimeter player for Yukon who's been able to do anything offensively Shannon danger inside rebound by Clon look KN in his way inside Newton Got It Go will not count foul called and Dan Hurley likes nothing about it I mean I think that's the right call in college basketball they've got to change that rule that's got to count and here come the booze after they see it on the screen at 59 seconds to go at the line shooting it certainly should be a three-point play but I don't think the referees were wrong Dan in the way they called it by the college R so here is Newton at the free throw line one of the top players in the state of Texas El Paso high school player of the year and an older brother Jawan who played three years at Evansville and Southern Illinois he is a transfer from East Carolina where he was a three-year starter now joins this team and he's a first team All America this season the Yukon starters other than clinging are 1 for 17 from the floor 0 for nine from three and they're still up by five to mask it's Spencer defending exporting down inside G clinging with another rebound collected five he passes up a wide open three and drives the ball at kinging Andy had Shannon wide open in the corner on the extra pass time out with 33 seconds to go in the first half back here in Boston no matter who you're rooting for fan work is thirsty work is Coke Zero sugar the best Coke ever try and decide damask of Illinois has been their one scoring goto well this is yes this is the offense they've been able to go to isolating damask Plus he's knocked down a couple of threes and his back in game has given Yukon a lot of trouble the problem is Damascus 6 for9 the rest of the team Kevin 4 for 25 which leads me to Shannon and Dan teren Shannon had 85 points total through the first three tournament games the most in Illinois tournament history just two points so far for the elii one of the problems Kevin is he has really taken some tough shots and missed him but the other problem is I don't think he's handling the ball enough particularly in transition when they get the ball in transition the ball has to go in his hands right away and let him create and that hasn't happened diaro will inbound Newton on the floor kingan cariban and cam Spencer the Connecticut five Shannon along with Rogers danger in there goody is in there Damas the Ali five final half minute first half it's Newton on top he's got Shannon on him screen by clinging shot clock at five Here Comes Spencer ball knocked away the quick hands of the allite but Spencer vacums it in he's on his backside fighting for the ball and a tie upot Oh shot clock violation shot clock violation the Ali I will get it great defensive possession and other than clinging the St hurters for Yukon have been able to generate no offense whatsoever they are 1 for 17 from the floor and look at when kingan is on the floor and what he's doing to Illinois yeah they're 4 for 24 and look Illinois's offensive approach has to change in my opinion Illinois Illinois will take a timeout down by five we were tied just moments ago in this East Regional final the fans head to breacher report for the latest episodes of from the point by Trey young featuring the basketball Stars conversation with guests giving his perspective on stories from around the NBA download The Bleacher Report app to watch now these are the two highest scoring best efficiency offenses in college basketball yet Illinois is shooting 29% defending national champion yon shooting 33% final seconds diara reaching in driving was Shannon with the foul to give for Connecticut first foul Team Six fou and he he got to Shannon just before Shannon could really explode to the basket well there's three seconds and no clinging in the game so it's possible to be able to get him the ball great play it's taken and good if it goes halime is here the end of the first half 28 20 minutes away from finding out our first piece to the final four with number one overall seed Yukon on top of three seed Illinois 28- 23 a lead as great as nine thei never landed let's go to Andy k all right Danny it was 23 all how'd you guys build this lead right from that point you know just you were able to in a in a really physical game which is obviously more to their advantage uh you know just able to kind of uh gut out the end of that half uh like a like a team that's been winning a lot usually does you guys have done a great job on Shannon thus far what are you going to stress first in that locker room well I mean you know we we lost him in transition you know he he throws his body into uh into the defense on drives we've done a really good job of Walling up and taking away his catch and shoot threes so but it's a long game and then he's a hell of a player thanks Danny Dan Hurley is one of four finalists for the Nay Smith coach of the year he's done another masterful job this season after winning a championship a year ago we'll take a break and then take you to the AT&T at the half after these messages you're watching the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship welcome back to Boston taking a look at the knan first half stats the two best offenses in college basketball shooting a combined 31% Kevin it's been a game that's been dominated by defense and guys you know we've talked a lot about over this last nine games Connecticut stretch in the NCA tournament where they've been dominant well they haven't been dominant today and I guess if you're going to win another championship every once in a while you have to win ugly and they're right now they're winning ugly they are and this is a winnable game right now for Illinois but they've got to change their approach this idea that we're just going to go at Donovan kinging and try to score over the top of him is not working they can penetrate come to a stop shot look at the numbers they're four for 24 when kingan's in the game they've got to go shot fake get him off his feet or Draw the help and make the next play right now they need to be make better decisions let send it over to Andy cats well it's funny you say that Stan because Brad Underwood told me we got to shoot threes we've had threes that we did not take whether that's Shannon darier domas Dawkins we got to take threes and he did say by the way we're kind of where this game thought it would be 23 all at one point okay we're down five we're okay but yes we need shoot more threes Stan and Dan clinging inside Hawkins is there 11 for kingan he's letting him get too deep he's letting him come all the way down to the restricted area before he meets him he's got to meet him just below the free throw line not let him get his deep it's Shannon inside on the Fly tip in Rogers could not get it and they got cam Spencer weaving his way the other way I think it's early but I think we're already in a danger zone for Illinois here Newton plunging into the paint kingan got the ball he and Marcus D Mas were going at it it's out of bounds the officials look at each other we're going to say it's yukon's ball Yukon ball I mean Illinois is playing hard on the def that is not Yukon ball that ball was off clinging that is a bad call W the guys underneath the basket didn't see it either did the guy outside wow somebody needed to make a call and they just guessed wrong playing it on a second the shoot popped away and a drive inside caran kicked out alive Illinois comes out unscathed what a defensive play by Shannon to disrupt that shot he didn't block shot but Spencer saw him flying by and missed the layup it's Marcus damask working his way in over cariban clinging the rebound I like the matchup change to have carabin on Demas better size to take away the backend game ient we were tied at 23 you con is gone on a nine nothing run Shannon remains quiet with there's no movement for Illinois they're just standing around watching one guy dribble right now Damas he lost it inside well that's how Illinois plays they go to a lot of isolation foul called on the perimeter Marcus damask will pick up number two for Illinois this is what can do they can push itou Damas slow getting back there caraban outran him well damask misses that shot it's sort of a fall away he's off balance and you got to give a lot of credit to caraban for just getting out and going goody is come in for Illinois nudging his way inside P foul well that's the match up Danny Hurley told Andy early in the game he liked and kingan is just I mean he's just a bull in there two shots L goody picks up his second personal foul for Illinois I'm not sure what he's complaining about on that foul that's obvious they've run that a lot they he kinging pins down for castle castle catches the ball and goes high low into cling share on your favorite NCAA team with officially licensed fan gear for the best selection of team apparel and accessories head to ncaa.com shop here is the two-time Connecticut high school player of the year Donovan clant who has just given the defending Champions their biggest lead tonight in the elite eight Shannon will drive he'll Fe Car rejected Clingan with his fourth block shot Spencer Castle [Music] clinging and now a look from our AT&T connected camp and kingan is the focus kingan has been the guy he's got 14 points he's got nine rebounds he's got four ball shots and he's got two steals Larry David is here enjoying the game in Boston many many fans from stores Connecticut in fact they're call the stores north but on that last block Kevin if Shannon made a good play If Gary a stays in the corner he's got a wide openen three and he's a 38% three-point shooter G on top launches a three rebound Shannon garer goody heill one a three rebound inside off the fingertips of the P Shannon Illinois ball to Illinois is now four of 30 with kingan on the floor this is what you're talking about Stan Gary a is right there he's in the corner clinging is inside if Gary a just stays where he was chance makes an excellent pass Gary a has a wideopen three now Brett Underwood said they needed to shoot more threes what he really meant is they needed to make threes they've had a couple of open ones and they've missed them but this last possession has been more intelligent they are making plays like that now they got to make shots Dre Gibbs Wan horn just came off the bench and in for the Eli caraban inside Connecticut is on a 14 to nothing run going back to the late stages of the first half and Illinois has been scoreless over the last 5 minutes Hawkins te's up at three Newton's got the rebound carabana three no rebound inside Spencer SP [Applause] and now thrilling drives presented by Nissan we were tied at 23 with 149 to go in the first half Connecticut has gone on a 16 to nothing run since that 23 all ball game and they've scored inside they've scored in transition they've gotten offensive rebounds this looks more like the Connecticut team we've seen although they're still only one for 13 from outside the ark it's Marcus toass Newton of onam screen by Hawkins back to Hawkins watching a three another Miss under 23% shooting for Illinois in this gigantic game well but the last three possessions they've had a more intelligent attack to go at clinging throw the ball back to open people but Dan hit on it they don't need to just shoot threes they've got to make some but the first step was getting good ones and they've gotten there Dan Castle just picked up his third he's out there's a steal by Clan and diara taking Castle's place will take it up the other way that's playing in's third steal of the game to go with four blocks 14 points and 10 rebounds it's diaro Newton clinging thrashing his inside that's the Yukon ball movement you get down the court quickly and make a couple of passes people move and you get somebody open inside it's in the corner Gibbs wall horn will take it it's another block shot clingan's got five he's playing tennis come on Spencer I mean you've got the dish to Hawkins wide open nowan with a three Alex AR 21 to nothing run by the Huskies Shannon Hawkins bring out clinging popping a three rebound taken by cam Spencer cling and Running Oh knocked Away by Hawkins foul goes on Hawkins but we know the offense of Yukon is number one they're also in the top 10 in defense number six nationally and look at the numbers in the NCA tournament all their defensive numbers have improved and Illinois they I mean they're getting some open shots now that last one was necessarily a good one he was way far out and he tried to do it off the dribble but boy if you're going to shoot the you better make those because those long misses allows Yukon to get out and go Kon at the line danger danger will come in Hawkins will sit cling and wear's number 32 to honor his late mother who died of breast cancer 6 years ago she wore number 32 as one of the best players in the history of the University of moon so good they've retired or numbered Clingan will check out he has been a one man Wrecking Crew with a look at the late Stacy Clingan number 32 and of course number 32 has great significance in Yukon history worn by Rip Hamilton now retired clinging will be the last to [Applause] win bouncing is sh re checked inside Samson Johnson here they go Johnson in there Turles and [Applause] scores wow we have seen now both big guys block shots run the floor and score at the other end the only surprise there was Johnson didn't dunk it 25 nothing Connecticut run goody three rebound picked up by Newton 16 straight misses caran inside the Dr the foul count it and he hung on the rim for safety you take those threes you're going to get long rebounds and caraban does a great job we've seen this a couple of times he just runs out Shannon commits the foul and you're right Kevin caraban would have really been hurt had he not hung on there and Shannon comes under him and Shannon picks up the foul that's the second on him well when the ball is shot from the top the shooter is not going to be able to get back against a guy running out your guys up on the wings have to rotate back this has been a to Total collapse on the part of Illinois how often have you seen a 28 nothing r i mean we're seven and a or 6 and A2 minutes into the half that's 23 to nothing just in this half but the hard thing to imagine is it was tied at 23 they average 84 inside bumped his Marcus damask as he was taking it in the Big 10 newcomer of the Year foul goes on Samson Johnson and not only do they average 84 points a game on the year but since February 1st they've averaged more than 87 this is an excellent offensive team in Illinois but they just can't get anything going and goody throws it away Spencer diara [Applause] well that's the second inbounds pass that goody has thrown away here we need a different inbounder it's a 30 to nothing run 30 to nothing against the number 10 team in the United States it's the mess inside and a shove and a foul and it's going to go on Tristan Newton third and it is his second Yukon is the first reigning National Champion to make it past the sweet 16 to the Elite 8 since Florida did it back in 2007 now they're 13 minutes away from going back to the final four danger into Johnson Caravan the rebound we got two questions here oh Johnson from K knocked Away by danger is Illinois going to score for this half in the other way it's been 50 minutes in real time since Illinois has scored 50 minutes but the second and more important question we started the broadcast with can anyone compete with Yukon let alone beat them is there anyone out there who can even make a game competitive with them Newton will take it in hatting his way washed inside and a foul Shannon was defending and Teran Shannon will pick up the foul Teran Shannon tonight has three personal fouls Shannon's got two points and he's one of nine and here you see defending national champs to reach the final four The Following Season it has been 17 years Stan the answer to your second question is Illinois showed you the formula in the first half at least defensively I mean they held Connecticut to 28 points Connecticut shot the ball very poorly Illinois was pretty good defensively but if you're going to hold Connecticut to 28 points in the first half you have to get a lead because they're coming at you wow this has been overwhelming that's the word g a for [Applause] danger Tristan Newton back at the line well when Illinois is going to get outscored by 11 at the free throw line that's a problem well they shoot an awful lot of free throws not tonight no look at the shooting in the second half the almost almost you got to just rub your eyes Shannon with the three r a b out of bound saved out of bounds out of bounds it's Illinois's ball Shannon one and 10 now they're 0 for eight on three point shooting in the second half of the orina this is an Illinois team we've talked about their offense but they also they came in winners of 10 of 11 and with the third longest active winning streak in the country rebound by Jaylen Stewart who just checked off the bench Newton the other way Damascus on of hold Samson Johnson well I think what we've learned today is If Yukon is going to give you any opening at all and I think they did in the first half against Illinois you have to take advantage of it because if you don't they're coming 31-point lead inside theara outside steart three rebound by Justin Harmon Shannon drives collides right into the defense of Assan diara diar Yukon has been on a roll 11 minutes and 12 seconds from the final four back at the elite eight in Boston the winner here will take on the winner of Clemson Alabama coming up next on TBS Dan Hurley with his defending national champion Huskies reached out to the last guy who had to navigate a back-to- back National Championship attempt that was Billy Donovan and Donovan and vice said don't make it about chasing the repeat stick with what you've got in your formula let the thing play out and that is exactly what Dan has done and boy they played out perfectly in this one Illinois is shooting one of 19 in the second half yep one of 19 19 that's 5% Illinois shooting in the second half diara Kevin we showed you you got that Clemson Alabama game coming up and one of those teams is going to go to their first final four that's the good news the bad news is they're going to have to play Conneticut exactly and let's go quickly to Andy Katz as driving inside Andy Shannon it's fouled well I was just listening to the Illinois huddle and the assistants rad Underwood they kept saying we got to keep fighting we have not done this all year Terence Shannon was vocal the rest of those veteran guys they kept imploring each other come on we've got to fight this is not who we are Illinois in their losses and they've only had eight of them Illinois has not lost by double digits this season now think of that all season long and here they are Shannon can't get the free throw to go in that is his first free throw attempt this is a guy it's in the top five in the country in free throw attempts at almost nine a [Applause] game they still only have one basket in the second half that's 28 to3 in the second half I mean this is as dominant as a team can be especially at this level but this is what Connecticut that's a throw away the slip away but this is what Connecticut has done Dan in all three of these tournament games they've won each of the games by just under 29 Points a game and look at their lead right now but you know you expect it a little bit in the early rounds you're playing against lower seeds a team like Yukon this is the third seated team in the East this team won the Big 10 tournament they've been playing great this is the most impressive performance we've seen by Yukon yet Yukon at a thir as Hawkins hits that three a 30 Point win against San Diego State in the national championship [Applause] rematch one of the biggest margins of wins in a sweet 16 game in seven years three is down cam Spencer Spencer W he did everything there to get that shot he came up off of a stagger set a screen on the ball rolled to the rim came back off the pin down that's a movement you were talking about early in the game Dan and gets an open three shanon across the lane foul called Spencer may have tagged him TBS is your home for Major League Baseball every Tuesday night tune in on April 2nd for a massive double headed it's the Reds taking on the Phillies then the Giants battling the Dodgers it starts at 600 p.m. Eastern on TBS and streaming on Max foul on Spencer it's number one on the grand transfer cam Spencer here is Shannon at the free throw line he's got a technical foul now no I think somebody's bleeding [Applause] oh the other thing which has been impressive about Yukon and the way they have traversed these last couple years have been assess to Illinois number 10 goody and you call number two Tristan Newton okay was technical foul yeah double te's guys chirping at one another Goodie and Newton now see if he's anything like his mild mannered Uncle Trent green the former NFL quarterback he would not be out there chirping well may maybe Trent maybe Trent maybe he's taken after his grandfather who played offensive line in the NFL o goody well look Kevin we've talked a lot about decisions for Illinois the decision to be chirping down 30 points yeah what are you talking about yeah I don't think you want to be talking to anybody I can't imagine what you're saying well you're saying something to get the referee's attention Shannon continues not to be able to make free throws just amazing and seven for 14 now in the two games here in Boston and an outstanding free throw sh he was 88% yes wow [Applause] un two or four excuse me well the bottom has certainly come out of the TP here for Illinois oh knocked away Underwood going with a couple of guys who don't play very much Hansberry and [Applause] Moretti they bring in ammani hansbury who's a freshman from Silver string maroin and he is number 35 well that was interesting [Applause] [Music] and they got Moretti who is from bolognia Italy here is Spencer and he's from Davidson from and he takes it inside what a play he moves so well without the ball now we can talk about his shooting but he's not a spot up shooter who just stands on the perimeter he does such a great job of moving it's out to Moret now to Hawkins Marcus damask [Music] [Applause] three the mask is three for three from three and the rest of the teams one for 14 Shannon too late but has figured it out to drive the ball and then make plays to other people diara betet defend Clinging On Top cutting his dispenser here's [Music] Clingan that ball movement is really something they have everybody moving and so you have no help trying to defend that screen and roll cuz everybody else is moving you just saw Bill clinging Donovan's dad here's a drive Hawkins trying to twist in the corner it's hbur the freshman and out of bounds out of bounds ball time the clinging has been Sensational the sophomore from cryistal connetic Bristol Central High School putting on a show as are the Huskies here we sit with Illinois three of 22 shooting from before in the second half that is 133% and Yukon putting on a March masterpiece but this second half has really been something to [Applause] behold and it's incredible what they've done now in their 10th straight NCAA game to be winning them that many games against the best teams in the country gbury the Freshman of three he was the Maryland high school player of the year and twice the best player voted in Baltimore and he comes off the bench to hit the three right there for Brad Underwood in Illinois Brad Underwood I talked to him at practice yesterday very high on hansbury thinks he's going to be an outstanding player Castle's been quiet after a double Castle I was just going to say he's been quiet tonight after a double double in the sweet 16 but Jack hamers that one in andsbury down low back out to Hawkins clinging in the way shot clock at 13 I think Yukon has more dunks this sa Illinois has baskets there's a drive by Shannon that was an impressive dunk by Castle Castle's an impressive player plays at both ends of the floor always under control very poised and it tells you what they think of a freshman that on this experienced team they came in against a third leading scorer in the country who' they put on Terence Shannon Stefan Castle when they were recruiting him out of Newton High School in Covington Georgia the thing that sold Castle on Yukon was when tan Hurley said listen you may have had all these individual accolades talking about castle but you've done nothing in in terms of being on a winning team come to Yukon and be a part of something bigger than yourself and Castle has come back and said that stuck well he's a winning player takes care of the ball plays unselfishly plays both ends of the floor and that his first double double of the season in the sweet 16 a couple nights ago here in Boston and you're talking about the fact that he was on Shannon to start the game he got in foul trouble but Shannon certainly was not as productive as the Illinois needed him to be diar diar finessing his way inside well he got himself right next to kinging and nobody could get around kinging so that's an easy basket but again they move they pass and when they attack on the dribble they really go Shannon hansbury freshman against freshman over Castle it will be Che back into the game for the fighting Aline Justin Connecticut possession and Marcus to Max and that sends you back to 1992 the last 30 plus Point win in the Elite 8 Yukon has faced 12 straight elimination games and won them all not many teams have ever done that 12 going back to the Big East tournament and certainly in the NCA tournament that's incredible yeah 12 they're looking at number 13 right now diar five and a half to go [Music] caraban foul called on the Freshman ammani hansbury down low with the shove as he tried to stop kinging which no one is done [Applause] tonight right now Connecticut has one nine consecutive NCAA tournaments all by double digit tournament games all by double digits the only score to do that aside from them N9 in a row Michigan State and they're the only team in that conversation by winning by 13 points or more Clingan can HP nine straight wins in the NCA tournament going back to last year by double digits hansbury three another one hb's made a couple of Threes And Shannon's approach in the second half to offense to become a creator has been outstanding they just haven't been able to make shots in a little too late before they got to a more intelligent approach on hansbury who's now made two threes he was two for 10 on the season coming in Spencer how about that pass a pass well look Spencer we haven't talked about a whole lot today 11 points 12 rebounds five assists two blocks and a steal I mean kingan's been dominant but Spencer has been outstanding hains three rebound inside with a shove and a foul it'll go on Yukon Spencer with the 12 rebounds new career high he's never had more than nine foul and here he's got in the biggest game of his college career 12 foul on Caravan number two Godzilla Kong the new Empire experienc it on the big screen and an IMX now playing only in theaters so here is hansbury his mom played Caris basketball at Howard and when he was coming out of when Amman was coming out of Mount St Joseph High School one the top 70 players in the country as was cl when he came out of Bristol Central High School his night may be over four and a half to go Samson Johnson will come in cariban and Castle also out there Jaylen Stewart tring violation yeah they got him that yeah they sure did his first turnover in Yukon only their fifth turnover of the night they average fewer than 10 turnovers a game on the year they now have 18 assists and five turnovers they lead the nation and assist a turnover ratio at almost two a game and they're over three to one tonight shanon trying to get it down low Gary a is back in Marcus damask will take it inside that's a foul on damask and taking it and fallowing Jaylen Stewart damask has three marus Damas shot that elbow out there if he keeps that in right there and it comes out I think if he just holds that elbow in then he probably doesn't pick up that charge I think you'd have to hit Stewart a little harder than that to throw him that far you know who Stewart's dad is don't you there's caraban going to check out Jaylen Stewart's dad is rck his brother rck remember they played at USC then over seeds it's a three solo ball takes it with a rebound Haron gets it on the wing in the corner toas three no Castle the rebound here goes Stewart the other way Stewart I mean on top of everything else Illinois's lack of defensive balance of getting people back on the shot has been awful in the second half but how aggressive has Yukon been they look for that and if you if you don't get back they really attack you [Applause] typical of what youah has done tonight 3 minutes and 33 seconds away from the final four the defending Champion Yukon huskys have been a number one seed before but they're the number one overall seed for the first time in program history this year and their coach the fiery Dan Hurley has got his team playing at 11 that is devastatingly good look we've thrown a lot of stats at you but in the first half points in the paint were even 16 a piece in the second half points in the paint Yukon 32 Illinois two they we going after diara and I think Stan the point that that emphasizes Yukon has only made three of 17 three-pointers today they can beat you in a lot of different ways okay they can make threes but if they don't they can just really bury you inside and that's what they've done nice speed toas it's Teran Shannon inside and he's got eight the average is 23 they had a win also where they were three for 22 from three in this tournament so while they're very capable from three they're not dependent on the three to mask intercepts at the other [Applause] end Haron fouled as he fired Stewart got him from the side and a lot of those 32 points inside that we're talking about in the second half have been layups running out and transition but a number of them have been clinging you know a lot of times you see that stat and you say w you know is it really the big guy scoring there well today yes it has been cling and scoring very effectively inside but they've gotten so many run out baskets Haron at the free thr on AR and actually their very first Big 10 game this year against Northwestern had 20 points he's for grad senior from Chicago Curry high school went to a junior college in Kansas then went to Utah Valley State played there a couple years they were whack Champions one of those Seasons after being a city champion at Curry High School in Chicago here he is finishing up with the Ali [Applause] ey 3 minutes to go full court pressure by Illinois Castle's got it Connecticut is going to set a program record with their 35th win tonight doubled diar with the clock ticking down and Castle holding inside for Johnson and Ricochet is off F his hands and out of b ball oh they're going to say you kind oh y it's Illinois's ball I was wondering what that call Danny Hurley's got to get his son in the game I mean look if if I'm the coach there is exactly one parent I'm worried about of any of my players Shannon Harmon three rebound Castle uh-oh they've got numbers Here Comes oh Hawkins got up high on ball as so the ball was flying it off the wing the ball was going for spectacular there and you know the Yukon Way is to pass it here and instead he doesn't that's a great block coming around behind him to not to not [Applause] foul it's diara and diara was huge in the first half when they were struggling offensively he came in and gave him a big lift he's got 11 points Off the Bench he's played really well in both of the games at this [Music] site Stewart will go inside and Samson Johnson is there Johnson a steel ball up off rebound Hawkins the ball is looking for the spectacular on the side G his three is good you know we're talking about all these players coming in for Yukon their depth as J Wright said depth can minimize mental fatigue for a team that's got a Target on their back like an National Champion Yukon team does and Jay should know he says it can catch up with you teams are trying to go after you a team trying to repeat faces that every game well you winning games by 253 points all the time that'll minimize mental fatigue too you're not in I I know they talk about baseball pitchers it's not how many pitches you throw it's how many high leverage pitches you throw Yukon hasn't been in high leverage situations late in the game here comes the coaches son and by the way with Andrew Hurley coming in this is been something they've been doing in big wins he and we know how there's Andrea his mom and the wife of Dan Hurley Dan has said he's kind of be he's very superstitious the head coach of Yukon is he said we want to get him in at the end of games because usually when we do that it's a win and here they are again putting them in as they get ready to pack their bags for Arizona rumag Glo well if I'm Andrew Hurley's Mom I'm upset at the coach and I'm making my o distress known tonight he should have been in this game earlier I think as a parent she should be all over the coach on this one well and she is a parent the coach has to pay attention absolutely the only one Andrew Hurley Dan is a walk on danger in the game Ross with the rebound Ross one of the best players to come out of New York he was raised in Bristo Virginia with the ball right here he's a freshman Solomon ball is a freshman from leeburg Virginia top 60 recruit here's Hurley Samson Johnson shot clock is at [Music] seven good he will defend good th the ball hurly the assist I think we've said that a couple times how we over the years Stan you're talking about the fact that Yukon hasn't had to play like that pitcher in a baseball game in high stress situations well what did Danny Turley tell us you know we stink in close games so we've decided we're going to do it a different way and boy have they yeah golly I mean they were in one close game at the end that I can think of well think about this now they're in the NCA tournament they have lost exactly one game in two years to a non-conference team for the Huskies didn't was any last year one this year and Andre Johnson J four games into this tournament with the final four around the corner and Yukon has only trailed by 28 seconds in the entire tournament they are coming into tonight plus 86 points through three games of the tournament the second most ever by a reigning Champion the other one the 1955 Rasel national champions that would have been Tom Goa maybe and now Tom go they're plus 86 coming in and they're going to add to that right now the clock is Frozen the last thing anybody [Applause] wants Yep they're headed to the final four program has been there six times they've won five this will be their seventh trip to the final four there are not a lot of schools in college basketball that can say that my goodness what's amazing with them watching them through these tournament games is they get these big leads and never let up there's never a time where they let up they just keep coming at you shot clock violation Illinois will get it violation Illinois Illinois will inbound the Yukon huskies are going back to the final four to defend their title the number one overall seed Connecticut will try to become the first program to repeat as a national champion in 17 years Yukon is going back to the Final Four winnnn

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