March Madness Elite 8 schedule, how to watch: Keep up with Iowa-Illinois, Purdue-Arizona on Saturday in the NCAA tournament
Half of the Elite Eight is now set.
Well, we’re halfway through the Elite Eight. While the other two regions will battle it out on Friday night, four teams are now just a single win away from securing a trip to the Final Four in Indianapolis. No.
9 Iowa rallied back from an early double-digit hole and used a massive run late to get past Nebraska first on Thursday night . The Hawkeyes took advantage of an awful defensive blunder by Nebraska down the stretch, too, in which the Huskers only sent four defenders out onto the floor after a timeout . It marks the Hawkeyes’ first trip to the Elite Eight since 1987.
They’ll take on No. 3 Illinois in the next round at the Toyota Center. The Illini held on late to beat Kelvin Sampson and No.
2 Houston in their home city, 65-55 . Illinois beat Iowa by six points in their regular-season meeting back in January. Then, in San Jose, it was No.