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Illinois and Arizona punch their tickets to the men’s Final Four. Two more teams will join them on Sunday
Illinois reached its first Final Four since 2005 by beating Iowa 71-59, while Arizona defeated Purdue 79-64, highlighting Big Ten's strong NCAA tournament presence.
- On Saturday, Illinois and Arizona advanced to the NCAA Final Four, marking the first time both programs reached the tournament's final weekend in decades.
- Illinois defeated Iowa 71-59 in the South Region final, with the Fighting Illini outrebounding the Hawkeyes 38-21 to reach their first Final Four since 2005.
- Freshman Keaton Wagler led Illinois with 25 points while Coach Tommy Lloyd's Arizona Wildcats defeated Purdue 79-64, with Koa Peat scoring 20 points for their first Final Four appearance in 25 years.
- Coach Brad Underwood leveraged international recruiting—including 7-foot-1 Croatian Tomislav Ivisic—while Lloyd built Arizona around a talented freshman class, propelling both programs to championship contention.
- The Final Four begins next Saturday, April 4, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, where Illinois and Arizona will compete against two other teams for the national title.
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TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - Hundreds of Arizona fans welcomed the men’s basketball team back to Tucson Sunday morning with thunderous cheers as the team’s bus pulled up outside the McKale Center at ALKEME Arena ticket office.
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Illinois and Arizona punch their tickets to the men’s Final Four. Two more teams will join them on Sunday
By Wayne Sterling, Jacob Lev, Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Two spots remain in the men’s Final Four after dominant wins on Saturday by Illinois and Arizona, who are heading to the NCAA tournament’s final weekend for the first time since the early part of this century. The Illini and Wildcats both faced tough challenges but eventually pulled away easily in their Elite Eight games on Saturday night. Meanwhile, the women’s NCAA tournament wrapped up t…
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