NCAA Tournament Final Four: 2-seed UConn men’s basketball vs. 3-seed Illinois | 6:09 p.m., TBS

The Illinois Fighting Illini take on the UConn Huskies in the Elite Eight of the 2024 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at TD Garden in Boston, MA on Saturday, March 30, 2024. | Ian Bethune/The UConn Blog UConn men’s basketball (33-5) will look to get to its seventh national title game in program history as the Huskies are set to take on 3-seed Illinois (28-8) in the Final Four on Saturday evening at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, the eighth Final Four appearance for the team since 1999. The Fighting Illini came out of the South Region after knocking off Iowa in the Elite Eight in Houston.

The NCAA Tournament run for Illinois started with Penn and VCU during the opening weekend before defeating Houston in the Sweet 16 and the Hawkeyes in the Elite Eight. Brad Underwood has his program back in the Final Four for the first time since 2005, when Deron Williams, Luther Head and Dee Brown led the Illini to the national title game where they fell to UNC. The Huskies came out of the East Region after knocking off Duke in the Elite Eight in Washington D.

C. in historic fashion on a game winner from Braylon Mullins. The NCAA Tournament run for UConn started with Furman and UCLA in the first weekend in Philadelphia before knocking off Michigan State in the Sweet 16 and the Blue Devils in the Elite Eight.

Dan Hurley has the Huskies in the Final Four for the third time in the past four seasons, their last appearance coming during their 2024 title run in Phoenix. UConn and Illinois make up half of a very strong field in Indianapolis this weekend. Michigan and Arizona are set to tip off in the later game on Saturday, two of the top teams in the country and two of top rated teams in the history of KenPom.