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00:2949, but I would say most of those teams didn't have their opponents only scored 24.
00:35Yeah.
00:37I just read what I'm told.
00:39I just, when I say read it, I read it.
00:42I've been naked and afraid thing I read last time.
00:45Here goes Funnings inside, looking for Tumpler.
00:48And then Senak took it and flushed it.
00:52What a cut out of the corner there.
00:53That strong side cut from Senak.
00:56You hit Tuggler in the short roll, and he sets the table for the freshman.
01:01What we're always a crowd around him, and right now it's sharp on the defense.
01:09Mirkovich into Senak.
01:12Big shot clock at eight.
01:15Wadler, he's open.
01:17He fakes.
01:18He fires a two.
01:19He doesn't shoot many mid-range shots.
01:22He is at the rim, and he is threes.
01:25Robbie, he's one of eight.
01:26They're going to need to get him going.
01:28But as this ball screen comes, Tuggler's leaking out, and you have Senak with the back cut here.
01:34Great pocket pass, coach.
01:35And then the table is set for Senak at the rim.
01:38Strong finish against Size.
01:42Here comes Flemance.
01:44Whistle away from the ball.
01:45Davis will pick it up for Illinois.
01:48It will be the second on him.
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02:06Kingston Flemings.
02:09Daniel Sharp.
02:10That's a three.
02:12Leaping, lunging, rebound inside by Wadler.
02:18Wadler's got six defensive rebounds.
02:24Tomasov, Ivozic, Wadler.
02:27Oh, what a fake.
02:29Three.
02:30Got it!
02:31Bain needed that one.
02:32Yes, he did.
02:34And that's more of his game.
02:3641% on threes off the bounce on the year.
02:39Just killed Purdue in that game.
02:41And Mackey Arena had 46, and he got a lot of those to go.
02:44He can really shoot the three off the bounce.
02:47Go inside, and Tuggler climbs for two.
02:50Well, the short roll again.
02:53Tuggler's made one pass and then finished that one himself.
02:56They're having success there.
03:03On here, the two freshmen.
03:05Head to hand.
03:09They swing it around.
03:10In the corner, the three.
03:12No.
03:12By Mirkovich.
03:13Loose inside.
03:14Vacuumed in.
03:15Wadler there.
03:17Got it.
03:19Wadler's getting going.
03:20He is.
03:21And how about the read there?
03:23Because Emmanuel Sharp, he was sitting on the pick and pop.
03:26And it doesn't go for the three.
03:28But Wadler, the vision for that skip pass, that was a perfect read.
03:32There's a foul.
03:32And that's the cheap one there, Coach.
03:34Boswell.
03:35That's his third.
03:36And there's the one you were talking about in the first half.
03:40Here it is.
03:42Jake Davis just knocks it away from Sanat.
03:44And that is the first real good finish we've seen from Wadler inside.
03:51And now Stojakovic coming in the game for Boswell.
03:56Well, that's where just taking that foul at the end of the half is a killer.
04:00And he is so important to this Illinois team.
04:03Well, he's been the primary defender on Kingston Flemings.
04:08Stojakovic, a better offensive player than Boswell, but not quite as good an on-ball defender.
04:15Flemings trying to swallow his way in and was bumped as he was going.
04:19And fouled by Stojakovic, number two.
04:22And that's three fouls in less than three minutes for Illinois,
04:27a team that does not foul and did not give Houston a free throw attempt in the first half.
04:37Eighth consecutive Cougars NCAA appearance.
04:42Top ten all season long.
04:45Began at number two, number one in November.
04:49Usain.
04:52He'll slash his way and put up a runner.
04:56Mirkovich, the rebound.
04:57But JoJo Tugger, there are bodies everywhere.
05:00Carnage.
05:02Mirkovich, cutting Teebus.
05:06Mirkovich with a defensive rebound in traffic,
05:09coast-to-coast drive, and make the pass on the move.
05:13This guy is an ultra-skilled player.
05:20Flemings again, Stojakovic there.
05:23Crashing his way to the wide and into Stojakovic's defense.
05:26Gave us the rebound.
05:27And really well defended.
05:28A great contest by Andre Stojakovic on the pull-up.
05:37Here comes Wadler.
05:41He'll take it down the lane.
05:43He'll go to Mirkovich with a nice feed and getting the two.
05:46Timeout take in Houston.
05:51The Awainai now up by seven.
05:53They've led by eight.
05:55They're on a nine-to-two run in Houston.
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06:17Well, Illinois has been able to get out and go here.
06:20Mirkovich is such a weapon to grab that defensive rebound and take it.
06:24And then you've got a Visage flip in the ball screen.
06:27Sanak doesn't react to it.
06:29Now you're downhill.
06:30And Wadler just drops it off to Mirkovich for the easy deuce.
06:33Lauren, Illinois has a lead of seven.
06:35And, Kevin, if you ask Coach Underwood, a.k.a.
06:37Volk and Brad, his recruiting strategy, he'll tell you he goes where the talent is.
06:42And in his opinion, it's Eastern Europe.
06:44Stan, Coach said, look at the NBA.
06:45Some of the best players are Eastern European.
06:48It's a trend, and I'm following it.
06:49He sends two coaches overseas a couple times a year, and they create a home base for them.
06:54In Illinois, Kevin.
06:55Well, that's really interesting how they recruit overseas, and they've got the pipeline now established.
07:00Absolutely.
07:01And when you get that pipeline, we saw Randy Bennett has done it.
07:05Yeah, with the Aussies.
07:06With the Australians at St. Mary's.
07:08It just makes the next guy more comfortable to come because there's people from his home country there.
07:15Well, we've been able, with college basketball and the rules that we've got now, the talent coming from overseas,
07:21these are some of the brightest up-and-comers for some of the best programs in Europe, and now they're
07:26playing in college hoops.
07:28Clemmings knocked away.
07:30Bobby's on the floor.
07:31Ball out of bounds.
07:32It will still be Houston's ball and a timeout.
07:3815-53 in the second half.
07:41The winner goes to the Elite Eight.
07:44The intensity building with every second.
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07:58How about this, Siri?
08:01Tell us who this is.
08:04The great Elvin Hayes.
08:08Who's now Houston's best.
08:10His number is up here in the Raptors for the Rockets.
08:13Who's the best Houston Cougar ever?
08:15Hakeem Olajuwon or Elvin Hayes?
08:17Oh, my goodness.
08:18Not an easy answer right there.
08:21That's a three-point shot, and it was missed by Sharp.
08:25And trying to retrieve it, Tuggler goes over the cheerleaders and into photographer role.
08:30Well, that's the second time we've had JoJo Tuggler back there.
08:33There's Elvin Hayes in the Houston Hall of Fame, Rockets Hall of Fame, I'm sorry, 1990.
08:40It's amazing.
08:41You said this yesterday when we were here, Robbie.
08:43How many Houston Cougars have been started for the Houston Rockets?
08:47It's not like the Rec League where you just come on up.
08:48Oh, it's Elvin Hayes and Akeem Clyde Drexler?
08:55Wagler off to Davis.
08:58Back to Wagler.
09:00Doubled and trapped.
09:02Even such nice finds.
09:04Stiyakovich in the corner.
09:05That's a three.
09:06And a miss by Mirkovic and picked up offensively Stiyakovich.
09:11To Davis.
09:12Fakes.
09:13Fires.
09:14Got it!
09:15That's his shot, too.
09:16He loves the shot fake.
09:19Step aside three.
09:20In Illinois, early on, we're getting to the offensive glass.
09:23That's continuing on.
09:25And now a 12-2 run for the Illini.
09:28We have the foul, and it goes on Houston.
09:31Tugler will pick it up.
09:33The passing of Illinois, though.
09:36Just incredible before that.
09:38And then Davis shoots over 90% of his shots from three-point range.
09:44Knocks it down.
09:45This is a crucial time now for Houston.
09:48They got to get some stops and cut into this.
09:54Wagler again, three and ten.
09:59Around the horn and underneath.
10:01And Mirkovic is fouled on the play by Sinek.
10:05Coming for two.
10:06This is great against the Blitz.
10:08The Blitz is soft.
10:09Hits ahead.
10:11Then they skip the ball.
10:13Ivisich makes a pass.
10:15I mean, listen.
10:16You can't execute better than this.
10:19That ball movement is incredible.
10:21Sinek doesn't have time to get back.
10:23Every guy on this team can pass the ball.
10:26Coach, it takes an unselfish point guard to know,
10:29I'm not going to get the assist, but we're going to get a great shot.
10:32And that's exactly what you saw from Keith Wagler right there.
10:35You're trapped.
10:36Getting out of your hands.
10:38There's a shove.
10:39And a foul.
10:41An 11-0 run for Illinois.
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10:55as Thomas O. Ivisich picked up the foul.
10:59It is his first.
11:02Anything going offensively in this game.
11:09Usain, Wagler, and they're blitzing him on top.
11:14He'll try to carve inside and kick it off.
11:17Sinek can't get it.
11:19Ivisich tried to grab it.
11:21With a whistle and it's out of bounds.
11:23It's off of Illinois.
11:24Well, Sinek's open and that shot is there all the time,
11:31but he's two for ten.
11:32He's got to make some of those.
11:36Going to bring in Svonimir Ivisich.
11:39He'll take the place of his brother, Tomislav,
11:43who will leave.
11:48Svonimir is four minutes older than Tomislav.
11:53Tuggler in the corner.
11:55Flemings will have a lines triple.
11:59And chased and out of bounds.
12:01It is off of Houston.
12:04They shot 27% in the first half,
12:07and it's gotten worse.
12:08They're 25% here in the second half.
12:12They're a jump shooting team.
12:14They are.
12:15Four of 20 from the three-point line,
12:18and still not a single foul shot attempted
12:20for the Houston Cougars.
12:23Well, that's one of the great things
12:25that Illinois does.
12:27People don't talk a lot about their defense,
12:30but they've got great size,
12:31and they do not foul.
12:35Homrick Houses ends to Iakovich
12:37in the middle to Wilder.
12:40Oh, there's a shove.
12:42They're going to get Tuggler
12:43for the initial shove
12:44is what Paul Sells is saying.
12:46Kelvin Sampson.
12:47And Kelvin Sampson flicks at Tuggler
12:48and said, yeah, you just shoved him.
12:52Tuggler's got three fouls.
12:55That's a great call by the official.
12:57Happens all the time,
12:59and a lot of the times
13:00the defender gets away with that,
13:02and it's an illegal screen call.
13:04Or it's the second guy.
13:06Absolutely.
13:08Kelvin Sampson talking to JoJo Tuggler
13:10right now,
13:10but he was clear to him,
13:11no, no, you just shoved him.
13:13Sacko's checked in.
13:14Senior from France,
13:15number 14,
13:17for the Cougars and White.
13:20Wagler
13:23trying to wedge
13:25his move
13:26into Kingston Fleming's
13:28and outside Hummerich House.
13:30Cuttings to Yakovic.
13:31No.
13:32Loose inside.
13:33The battle underneath.
13:34They hold it together.
13:36It's a tie-up.
13:38And it will be
13:40here.
13:41Illinois' ball.
13:42No, Houston's ball.
13:43Houston's ball.
13:44Excuse me.
13:45He tied him up from behind it.
13:49That was...
13:53I guess they got Stoyakovic maybe,
13:56but that Mirkovic is hanging
13:57all over him.
13:58That was a foul.
14:03Yuzan.
14:04Stoyakovic is there.
14:05He'll go by him
14:06and put it up.
14:07Wow.
14:08Hummerich House,
14:09the rebound.
14:10The size of Illinois
14:11has certainly bothered Houston.
14:14That's not an easy shot,
14:16that left-handed floater
14:17for Yuzan.
14:18And it's tough.
14:20Wagler.
14:21Hummerich House's screen.
14:22They stick with the
14:23Fleming's defense.
14:24He'll blast his way
14:25by the fellow freshman
14:27and take it inside
14:27in an offensive foul.
14:33There's just nothing easy here.
14:35Illinois has put two
14:36on the ball a lot,
14:38but you've got the help
14:39coming from Mirkovic.
14:40Stoyakovic staying in the play.
14:42And here, Illinois
14:43closes down this possession
14:44with a defensive rebound.
14:47And I know that was
14:48an offensive foul
14:49and a turnover
14:51on Wagler,
14:52but I have been so impressed
14:53with the way he's handled
14:55the blitzes from Houston
14:57and just gotten the ball
14:58to the right person.
15:00He's not going to have
15:01big numbers,
15:02but he has directed
15:04this offense beautifully.
15:06Mercy Miller in the game.
15:07And a three is launched.
15:09And the rebound by Wagler.
15:11Houston,
15:12seven consecutive misses.
15:13They haven't scored
15:14in five minutes.
15:15Still a long time to go,
15:17but they're going to have
15:18to get it going
15:19at some point.
15:20Two of ten,
15:21second half.
15:22Long shot.
15:23Mirkovic!
15:28It's a 14-0 Illinois run.
15:34I have fallen in love
15:36with Mirkovic in this tournament.
15:38Easy to do.
15:39McCarty.
15:45Against Diagovic,
15:46tethered onto the
15:48Fleming's dribble
15:50and off down low.
15:51McCarty lost it again.
15:52Turnover.
15:53Nothing out there
15:54for Houston.
15:55Illinois is locking down
15:56this offense.
15:58Wagler across the lane.
16:00Hummer goes.
16:01Three.
16:02Got it!
16:03Wow.
16:04Three, four, three.
16:08Three, four, three.
16:16We rewind a month ago
16:19and Illinois had
16:20major defensive issues,
16:21but now they're guarding.
16:23We knew they could score
16:24and the threes are starting
16:26to fall.
16:26Illinois, it's been
16:27all online in the second half.
16:29They were devastatingly good.
16:31Well, they just have
16:31so many weapons.
16:33They have such size
16:33that Arizona can beat you
16:35in a number of ways
16:36and they're putting it
16:36on Arkansas right now.
16:38Yeah, they are.
16:39They are great
16:40at both ends of the floor.
16:42They're one of the best,
16:43if not the best,
16:44rebounding teams
16:45in the country.
16:47Seneak has doubled.
16:49Lost the ball.
16:50Illinois has got it.
16:52And the frustration
16:53of Kelvin Sampson.
16:54Well, they just haven't
16:55been able to get anything.
16:57Illinois' defense,
16:59look how many people
17:00and then that one's,
17:01you throw in a bounce pass
17:03to a big below his knees,
17:05that's tough catch.
17:06Illinois is on a 17-0 run
17:10the last six and a half minutes.
17:14Mirkovic.
17:17Seneak with the rebound.
17:19It's off to Sharp.
17:22Wow, great job getting back,
17:24though, by Illinois.
17:27Usain.
17:28Just a phenomenal rim run
17:30by Tuggler.
17:30Yeah.
17:31And that defense,
17:31it brings everybody
17:32to the rim
17:33and you've got
17:33Usain on the trail.
17:36That's Tuggler's third assist.
17:40Average is barely over one.
17:42Wagler.
17:44They'll try to trickle
17:45into that defense
17:46with a bump right there
17:47into Fleming.
17:48Nudging his way down the lane,
17:50fouled as he was driving.
17:56Tuggler is getting out
17:57and going
17:57and look at the way
17:58Illinois is converging
18:00to the rim.
18:01We saw it on the last play
18:02where they forced
18:02the turnover off Seneak
18:04and now better composure.
18:06Tuggler finding the shooter
18:07and Usain,
18:08maybe that gets his offense
18:09jump-started here.
18:10Well, they need to.
18:13Illinois gives up
18:14a lot of threes.
18:16264th
18:17in opponents'
18:18threes made.
18:21Mirkovich,
18:22a freshman
18:22from Monterego.
18:23Outside.
18:24Ivacic will take the shot.
18:26That is
18:26Van Amir.
18:28Ivacic
18:28the other way.
18:30Houston
18:30led by the freshman
18:31Fleming.
18:32They swing it around.
18:34Usain on the fly.
18:36Hummerichaus
18:37tried to get it.
18:38Fighting for the ball
18:39and out of bounds.
18:40Illinois' ball.
18:44George Huggler
18:44wants him to challenge.
18:46And now the referees
18:48are talking.
18:51Wait.
18:54The ref just emphatically
18:55kept the call,
18:56but I think he meant
18:57to say it's Houston's ball.
18:58Yeah, there we go.
19:00There he did.
19:00And did not.
19:01I've never seen that before.
19:02He called it for Illinois
19:03emphatically.
19:04Yeah, he did.
19:04Yes, he did.
19:05But key there is
19:07that Kelvin Sampson
19:09didn't have to use
19:10a challenge on that.
19:13It'll be Fleming's
19:14inbounding
19:14for the Cougars.
19:19Tuggler.
19:20And on their doorstep,
19:22Senec.
19:24Those close quarters
19:25passes aren't always easy.
19:27We saw a couple
19:27possessions ago
19:28and it wasn't the same
19:29result.
19:30Senec showing off the touch
19:31and for the first time
19:33in the second half,
19:34Houston's got some juice
19:35in the building.
19:36Oh, they scored
19:37two possessions in a row.
19:38Oh, that's been hard.
19:44Tomaslav Ivacic is in.
19:46This is Stijakovic.
19:47Hounded by Usain.
19:49The defense cranking up
19:50now for Houston.
19:52Shot clock at three.
19:53Wogler, three.
19:55No.
19:55Rebound.
19:56Hummer accounts.
19:57No.
19:57Ivacic.
19:58No.
19:58And a foul.
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20:18with Tomaslav Ivacic
20:21at the free throw line
20:22and Tugler picked up
20:24his fourth foul.
20:25And that is 10
20:26offensive rebounds
20:28for Illinois.
20:29I mean,
20:30we talked about it
20:31in the open.
20:32This team shoots threes
20:34and they get to
20:35the offensive glass.
20:36Brad Underwood told us
20:38yesterday
20:38from their analytics,
20:40they rebound
20:4143%
20:42of their missed threes.
20:44Well, it's not just
20:46the bigs either.
20:47You've got Hummer accounts.
20:48You've got Jake Davis.
20:49Those wings are flying
20:51in there as well.
20:52Hummer accounts
20:52kept that play alive.
20:55Timeout.
20:589.56 to go
21:00in the second half.
21:01Illinois has put together
21:03a terrific season.
21:05Trying to continue it now.
21:07Trying to get to
21:08the Elite Eight
21:09against Iowa.
21:11Houston is shooting
21:12only 28%.
21:14Illinois defense
21:14on display.
21:16Yeah, the second most
21:16efficient offense
21:17in the country.
21:18But we've seen defense
21:20creating some turnovers,
21:22blocked shots.
21:25So much size inside
21:27that it makes it tough
21:29to make plays.
21:30Houston's going to have
21:31to knock down
21:32some jump shots.
21:34That's what Illinois'
21:35defense will give you
21:37if your ball movement
21:38is good enough.
21:40It's Fleming's with it.
21:42Toggling his way
21:42down court.
21:43And picked up here
21:44by Uzzam.
21:46Boswell on him.
21:48Outside.
21:49Sharp.
21:49Three.
21:50No.
21:51Rebound.
21:51Fought forward.
21:52Grabbed inside.
21:53The freshman
21:53Mirkovich right there.
21:55Five for 23 for three.
21:57I mean,
21:58they're just going to have
21:59to knock down
22:00some shots.
22:00And he's got a great
22:01look, Coach.
22:02He slipped out.
22:02Two defenders on the ball.
22:04Emmanuel Sharp.
22:04That's exactly what you want
22:06for him.
22:06An open look.
22:08Ivacic throws it in.
22:09Deflected on the play.
22:10Boswell trying to dig it out.
22:12Does.
22:12It was fouled.
22:13How did Boswell
22:14keep that ball?
22:15I do not know.
22:16That was going to be
22:16a run out for Houston.
22:18Somehow, someway,
22:19Kylan Boswell saves the day.
22:22And those are winning
22:23basketball plays
22:24that do not show up
22:25anywhere on the stat sheet.
22:27There's nowhere
22:28on the stat sheet
22:29that will show
22:30Kylan Boswell
22:31getting that ball.
22:32But that's a winning
22:33basketball play.
22:34That's deep.
22:36With a three
22:37from way outside,
22:38Thomas Ovidicic
22:39got the ball
22:40and a whistle.
22:41If that's on Boswell,
22:42that would be his fourth.
22:44It goes on Mirkovich.
22:46That's now 16 fouls
22:48each way on.
22:49With two teams
22:50that don't foul much,
22:51now they'll be shooting
22:52the rest of the way.
22:54With that foul,
22:55I mean, Houston
22:56might get to the
22:56free throw line tonight.
22:58They might.
22:59Mirkovich only is first.
23:01Oh, I don't know about that.
23:03He went to ramming.
23:04McCarty was wrapping him around
23:06and holding his jersey.
23:08He went ramming
23:09into that interior
23:11and got caught
23:12and Flemings
23:13in full gallop.
23:15And Sharp
23:16will try to cut.
23:18And got it.
23:19Just dribble weave
23:20and the initial drive
23:21coach is downhill.
23:23You put pressure
23:23on the defense,
23:24you pitch it back out,
23:25you re-drive it.
23:27Houston gets a good
23:28look at the rim there.
23:29Well, you gotta drive it
23:31with force
23:31like they did there.
23:32Feel like they haven't
23:33had too many
23:34real penetrating drives
23:36that got them in
23:38with any force.
23:39Still a long time
23:41to go in this game.
23:44It's Boswell
23:46and he's picked up
23:47by Yuzan.
23:49Looking for Mirkovich.
23:51Great job by Yuzan.
23:53It was, yeah.
23:54To deny Mirkovich the ball.
23:55Shot clock at eight.
23:57Wagler tries to make a move.
23:58The defense there.
23:59The ball is kicked
24:00by Sharp.
24:02Shot clock reverts
24:03to 20.
24:04Well, and here it is,
24:05Robbie.
24:05You were talking about it.
24:07Keaton Wagler
24:08gets down in there.
24:10I'm sorry,
24:11Kingston Flemings
24:11gets down in there
24:13and kicks it out
24:14but just created
24:15momentum there
24:16for Sharp
24:17to take it into the bank
24:18and knock it down.
24:20There's a difference
24:21between dribble weaving
24:22on the three-point line
24:23and what that was
24:24because that puts
24:25so much pressure
24:26on your man-to-man
24:27defense to guard.
24:28Stjankovic back in.
24:30Hummerk House
24:31will check out.
24:32Wagler with the ball.
24:33Mirkovich with a screen
24:34and a foul.
24:36And that's going to
24:36put Wagler
24:37on the free-throw line.
24:38It is.
24:46Kingston Flemings
24:47trying to get
24:48through this.
25:02Oh, missed it.
25:06James is an 80%
25:06free-throw shooter
25:07the other way they go.
25:09Flemings,
25:10McCarty
25:10and they get it off
25:12to Emanuel Sharp
25:13in the paint
25:14with the fadeaway.
25:14Same thing again.
25:16Exact same action
25:17to get Sharp
25:19in the paint.
25:24Kelvin Sampson
25:25yelling at his team
25:26to defend
25:27without foul.
25:29Cougars
25:30to within 11.
25:31They trailed by 18.
25:34They're going to get out.
25:35They didn't want that switch
25:36and they're going to stay there
25:38on the double
25:38but Mirkovich
25:40great at moving the ball
25:41to the weak side.
25:43Stjankovic
25:43boring his way
25:45inside.
25:46Foul.
25:51The Cougars
25:52are looking
25:52to get downhill.
25:53This slip by McCarty
25:55just opens up
25:56the floodgates
25:56and they're going to need
25:57a lot more of this
25:58from Emanuel Sharp
25:59to get back in this game.
26:04Here's a look.
26:05You can see
26:06plus six points
26:07Illinois
26:08in the paint
26:11and they've been
26:12doing a good job
26:12in their
26:13scoring and
26:14protecting.
26:15Illinois loves
26:16the threes
26:17but they also love
26:18the at the rim
26:19twos
26:19and if Houston's
26:20going to put two
26:21on the ball
26:21you're going to have
26:22some opportunities
26:23to hit the short roll
26:24make plays for others
26:25at the rim.
26:26That's what Illinois
26:27has done tonight.
26:28And the bench
26:29of Illinois
26:2914-0
26:31Lauren
26:31over the bunch
26:32of the Cougars.
26:33And for Houston
26:34I was just listening
26:35to Coach Sampson
26:36his message is clear
26:37keep getting downhill
26:39and enough
26:39with the fouls.
26:40He said that
26:40in a different way.
26:41I'm just paraphrasing him.
26:42Well if you want
26:43to use the language
26:44we'll talk about it.
26:45I want to thank you.
26:46I like my job.
26:47Roll the dice Lauren.
26:48Yeah.
26:49Roll the dice.
26:50Stryakovich at the line.
26:53But Houston
26:54puts a huge emphasis
26:55on not fouling.
26:57Both these coaches do
26:59and so
27:00not surprised
27:01that Kelvin Sampson
27:02not happy
27:02with these fouls.
27:05Stryakovich
27:0682%
27:07from the straight.
27:08Pesha
27:08his dad
27:10decorated
27:10pro
27:11great
27:12international
27:13career
27:13watching his son
27:15third different
27:16school for him
27:17finding a home
27:18in Champaign.
27:19Flemings
27:20the hesitation
27:21the feed
27:22they can't get
27:24the deuce underneath
27:24Sinek couldn't get it.
27:26That's a great pass
27:27from Kingston
27:28Flemings.
27:32Wandler
27:37switch on D
27:38approaching seven
27:39to play
27:40they quickly
27:41blitz him on top
27:44Boswell
27:45shot clock
27:46at seven
28:13Mirkovich
28:14as that ball's
28:15coming towards you
28:16you gotta be creeping
28:17back towards your man
28:18you said this earlier
28:19coach Chase McCarty
28:2181% of his shots
28:22come from three
28:23that's the fifth
28:24highest rate
28:25in the Big 12
28:25this year
28:26you gotta feel
28:27that ball
28:28coming to you
28:28and take away
28:29the jump shot.
28:31Wandler
28:33that's why
28:34McCarty's in
28:34and I have a feeling
28:35that when Tugler
28:36comes back
28:36it will be for
28:37Sinek
28:40it's Mirkovich
28:41working on
28:43McCarty
28:45foul
28:46offensively
28:47on the Illinois
28:47freshman
28:48that's a good call
28:53McCarty being
28:54physical defensively
28:55and Mirkovich
28:56just at the end
28:56overdoes it
28:57just enough
28:58by lowering
28:58that shoulder
29:00McCarty takes
29:01that one
29:01and does a nice
29:02job selling it
29:03but you lower
29:04your shoulder
29:04like that
29:05you're putting
29:06yourself at risk
29:07and I agree
29:07with you coach
29:08that is the right
29:08call
29:09Mirkovich
29:09number two
29:10Hummerich
29:11House
29:11will take
29:11his place
29:12one game
29:12in the tournament
29:13history
29:14with no
29:15free-throw
29:16attempts
29:16by a team
29:17that goes back
29:18to Illinois
29:18in 86
29:19and Houston
29:20has not been
29:21shockingly
29:22to the line
29:22tonight
29:22McCarty
29:23hits another
29:24three
29:24well they need
29:26this
29:26they've got it
29:27they do
29:27back to a
29:29single digit
29:31and the slips
29:32have hurt Illinois
29:33in this second half
29:34Houston has been
29:35opportunistic with them
29:36and it's led
29:37to some good
29:37offense
29:38and their offense
29:38now is going to lead
29:39to some better defense
29:40I think
29:42Boswell
29:42they blitz him
29:44Fleming's is there
29:46Boswell
29:46up and off
29:49and picked up
29:50Wogler
29:53Ivisich
29:53it's a three
29:54ring it up
29:56another second
29:57chance
29:59three
30:02and what a time
30:03for Ivisich
30:04he'd been really
30:05struggling with his
30:06three-point shot
30:07but off the
30:07offensive rebound
30:08stepping in with a
30:09lot of confidence
30:10there
30:10it's sharp down low
30:12this is over
30:13Boswell
30:13he can't deliver
30:14it's punched out
30:15by Sinek
30:16offensive rebound
30:17picked up by
30:18Fleming's
30:18makes a move
30:19outside
30:20huge hand
30:21three
30:21way off
30:22deflected
30:22and Boswell's
30:23got it
30:24yeah
30:24Wogler got a piece
30:25of that
30:26that's his second
30:27block tonight
30:29I've been impressed
30:30with Wogler
30:30his numbers will not
30:32be outstanding
30:33but he and his
30:34fellow freshman
30:35Mirkovich
30:35have both been
30:36great in this game
30:39it's Boswell
30:40the senior
30:41draws the double
30:43Wogler
30:44he'll put up
30:45a three
30:46and what a five
30:48from Kylan Boswell
30:49two on the ball
30:50it's the skip pass
30:51across the floor
30:52it's on time
30:54it's on target
30:55and Keaton Wogler
30:56is cashing
30:57that thing out
30:59approaching four
31:00to play
31:01Fleming's the move
31:04Muzan the ball
31:05into the paint
31:06with the fadeaway
31:08rebound Wogler
31:09he's now got
31:1010
31:11he's done everything
31:12you talked about
31:13some of the plays
31:14he's made coach
31:15but the lack of
31:16turnovers he's got
31:17the way he's run
31:18the team
31:18he's played an
31:20outstanding floor
31:21game
31:21he's got a double
31:22double
31:24Boswell
31:30ends to Yakovic
31:31shot clock at six
31:33spins
31:34corkscrews
31:35fires and hits
31:38Andre Stojakovic
31:39on the drive
31:40is very
31:42very good
31:43and a great
31:44finish
31:44Illinois
31:45has answered
31:46that little run
31:47there by Houston
31:47with an 8-0
31:48Illini run
31:49themselves
31:50and a foul
31:50on Stojakovic
31:51Houston will get
31:52to shoot a free throw
31:5517 point lead
31:56for the Illini
31:57their biggest
31:58has been 18
31:59Stojakovic
32:00picks up
32:00number three
32:01great stroke
32:02outside
32:03tied by the freshman
32:04and ends to
32:05Yakovic
32:06giving you a move
32:07with every part
32:08and puts it down
32:10for Illinois
32:12Andre Stojakovic
32:13has put on
32:14a show tonight
32:15well he's done it
32:15in all different
32:16ways
32:17mid-range
32:19jumper
32:20threes
32:22taking the ball
32:24all the way
32:24to the rim
32:28and he's even
32:29gotten to the
32:30free throw line
32:30his dad did it
32:31differently
32:32his dad did it
32:33shooting that
32:34quick release
32:35jumper
32:35and just lit
32:37people up
32:37I think for
32:39Andre Stojakovic
32:40you know
32:40off the bench
32:41the last eight
32:42games
32:42coming back
32:43from that ankle
32:44injury
32:44and had some
32:45uneven performances
32:46but
32:47well he is
32:48playing some
32:48of his best
32:49basketball
32:49of the season
32:50the last six
32:51games
32:51that is the
32:52Cougars
32:52first free throw
32:54tonight
32:55well one of the
32:56things I really
32:56liked about
32:57Illinois coming
32:58in
32:58is they don't
32:59beat themselves
33:00and the stats
33:00I always look at
33:01when I'm talking
33:02about team
33:02beating themselves
33:04turnovers
33:04they're fifth
33:05in the country
33:06fewest turnovers
33:07and they give up
33:08the fewest
33:09free throw
33:09attempts in the
33:10league
33:10oh bad timing
33:12I'm talking about
33:13you know what
33:14like come on
33:15come on
33:16I was just
33:17talking about
33:18Knight turning
33:18the ball over
33:19Houston's gonna
33:20get it
33:20but if you don't
33:21turn the ball
33:22over and you
33:23don't foul
33:24those
33:24you become
33:26very tough
33:26to beat
33:27coach and
33:27they're winning
33:28the math problem
33:28right because
33:29they're not
33:29turning it over
33:30and they're just
33:31incredible on the
33:32offensive glass
33:33they're gonna win
33:34that field goal
33:34battle a lot of
33:35nights
33:35McCarty three
33:37another one
33:38oh my goodness
33:39does he have
33:40the stroke
33:40three threes
33:42off the bench
33:42and as we thought
33:43Tugler came back
33:45but we leave
33:45McCarty in
33:46they need the
33:47shooting
33:47and they're
33:48having trouble
33:49inbounding right
33:50here
33:50we've seen a lot
33:51of that in this
33:52tournament
33:52we have
33:54we saw Kansas
33:56struggle mightily
33:57against St. John's
33:58press getting the
33:59ball inbound
33:59and now it gets
34:00even tougher
34:01because now you
34:01have to spot
34:02he can't even
34:03run the baseline
34:04now
34:07they got Mirkovich
34:08here though
34:09a bigger target
34:10to get the ball
34:11ball in
34:11St. John's
34:14and Boswell
34:15will break it
34:22and Sharp
34:23will pick up
34:23the foul
34:48they'll take out
34:51Mirovich
34:54Mirkovich
34:55there have been
34:55a lot of
34:56vitches in this
34:56game
34:57Mirkovich
34:58playing a little
34:59offense defense
35:00he's a little
35:01more comfortable
35:02with Hummerk
35:03House
35:03defensively
35:05actually thought
35:06Mirkovich has done
35:06a pretty good job
35:07defensively
35:08but Hummerk
35:09House
35:09a guy who's
35:09been with
35:10Brad Underwood
35:11knows the system
35:12a little bit
35:13better
35:13probably a
35:14better communicator
35:16because of that
35:16so Boswell
35:20with his second
35:21point right there
35:220-5 from the floor
35:242-2 from the line
35:25against Penn
35:26in the first round
35:2713 against VCU
35:28in the second
35:2812
35:30quiet tonight
35:30flooding's inside
35:31ricochets
35:32and back on top
35:33McCarty
35:34Sharp
35:35watch them
35:35loaded
35:36you haven't seen
35:37too many breakdowns
35:39from Illinois' defense
35:40but there was nobody
35:41to take on the roll
35:42they're lucky
35:42the pass was tipped
35:43you finally get there
35:44but now that kickout
35:45leads to an open
35:463
35:46Boswell
35:47on a torture
35:48chamber
35:48got it out
35:49crossing the courts
35:50to Yakovic
35:51and out to Hummerk
35:52House
35:542.5 to go
35:58is that a double
35:59dribble
36:00or did somebody
36:00deflect the ball
36:01out of his hands
36:03cross court
36:04Ivisich
36:05that's deflected
36:06that's going to be
36:06off of Houston
36:07it's going to be
36:08retrieved by
36:09Wagler
36:09shot clock at 4
36:11he'll take it
36:12the spin
36:13and a midranger
36:14and his own miss
36:16wow
36:16you get the miss
36:17and don't get it
36:18back
36:19clock not exactly
36:21in your favor
36:23it's to Yakovic
36:27a move
36:28a drive
36:29and he tried to
36:30steer himself free
36:31and could not
36:32the other way
36:33they come
36:34Fleming's
36:35museum
36:36Fleming's
36:37the fake
36:37he'll fire
36:38can
36:39no
36:40it goes in
36:41free
36:41looking
36:41pops
36:43it's a 2
36:44they're going to look at it
36:45called a 2 on the floor
36:54the previous play is under review
36:56for potential 2 or 3 point goal
36:582 point goal is what's called on the floor
37:01that is right
37:02that toe is on the line
37:03there
37:04Illinois
37:05they were flying around
37:06to make Houston keep making the next play
37:08and his toe is on the line
37:10it'll stay as a 2
37:11but you know what
37:12there's another winning basketball play
37:15you save a point
37:16the flying around
37:17is what makes him adjust his feet
37:20and you get a 2 instead of a 3
37:22these are all little plays
37:24nothing that will show up on a
37:25stat sheet
37:26but a big time play
37:30after review
37:30the ruling of a 2 point goal
37:32on the floor is confirmed
37:34so it's a 10-2 run
37:35by the Cougars
37:42I was kind of hoping
37:43we're going to get Gene in here
37:44to talk to us
37:45but we figured it out ourselves
37:48that's unusual for us
37:49it is
37:50we just normally say
37:51no let's
37:52we wave the white flag
37:53let's get Gene in
37:54bring it Gene
37:54yeah
37:59we got our guards tonight
38:00these two freshmen
38:01that have just been sensational
38:03in two different conferences
38:05the numbers tonight
38:06with Wagler
38:08with a double-double
38:10Heaton Wagler with
38:1212 points and 11 rebounds
38:15and 3 assists
38:17and then he got Fleming
38:19with 11 and 5 rebounds
38:22full-court pressure again
38:24Mr. Jakovic
38:25Boswell
38:27and a foul
38:28on the Cougars
38:29I think both of those
38:31freshman point guards
38:32have played better
38:33than the numbers show
38:35tonight
38:35the kind of game
38:37it's been
38:37the pressure that's been
38:38on them
38:39I think they've both
38:40consistently made
38:41solid plays
38:42I've been impressed
38:43with both
38:45both need to get stronger
38:50that was Boswell's
38:52only hoop here
38:53in the second half
38:53he ended that first
38:55I mean not Boswell
38:56uh
38:58Flemmings
38:58he ended the first half
39:00on a little bit of a run
39:01and had a three
39:02remember that
39:02yeah
39:03only one bucket
39:04here in the second half
39:06he ends Boswell
39:07at the line
39:08averages 13
39:11tonight with two
39:14wow
39:15missed it both
39:15it's a nine point game
39:19Flemmings
39:20Sharp
39:21right to the right
39:24he got right to the body
39:26there
39:26not even
39:27it's back
39:28what a finish
39:29by Emmanuel Sharp
39:32it's back to Boswell
39:33now
39:33Stojakovic
39:34they'll break the press
39:36and he'll take it
39:36as he zooms down
39:38the other way
39:39Boswell in the middle
39:41seven point Illinois lead
39:43it's been close
39:4418 was their biggest
39:46earlier on
39:47and a quick foul
39:49it goes on
39:50Emmanuel Sharp
39:51who picks up
39:51number four
39:52for Houston
39:54that's just how you
39:56teach somebody
39:56to go in a shot blocker
39:58right there
39:58coach
39:58get to the chest
39:59knock him back
40:00and keep the
40:01concentration of the eyes
40:02right there on the rim
40:03so this will be
40:05the 14th free throw
40:06coming up for Illinois
40:07just two for Houston
40:09Boswell at the line
40:17this is 79% free throw
40:20shooter coming into this game
40:21has missed three in a row
40:23a guy that has played
40:24in a million big games
40:26in his college career
40:27you're so right
40:31and this is a good
40:33free throw shooting
40:33team number 11
40:34in college basketball
40:35overall
40:37they got a push
40:39and they do
40:40with Fleming
40:43Stiakovich is on him
40:44McCarty
40:45he'll fire the three
40:48and it's picked up
40:50Mirkovic
40:52Boswell
40:52fouled again
40:53and under a minute to go
40:54I mean yeah
40:55the guy's three for six
40:56at the line
40:57don't let him throw it
40:58to somebody else
41:0957.9 left
41:1157.9 left
41:12and the Illini
41:13at the line
41:14second sweep
41:1616 in the last
41:18three years
41:19first time that's
41:20happened in 20 years
41:21in their sixth
41:22consecutive NCAA tournament
41:24one of ten schools
41:26that can boast that
41:27Boswell at the stripe
41:34you can see the free throw
41:36difference made
41:37per game
41:38significant
41:39seven is a big number
41:41at tournament time
41:42and there's seven
41:43right now
41:43in this game
41:44this could be eight
41:45nope
41:46still seven
41:47he knew what the stat was
41:48he wanted to keep it
41:49right there
41:54sharp again
41:55makes the move
41:56knocked away
41:58with Mirkovic
41:59swatting it
42:00and a blocked shot
42:02by the freshman
42:02from Monterego
42:04staying down
42:05on the shot fake
42:06here
42:06enough
42:07and then staying
42:08in the play
42:09although maybe a little
42:10but I think it was
42:10going up there coach
42:11I think it was a foul
42:12should have been
42:13three free throws
42:14down low
42:15right into Mirkovic
42:16you're wondering
42:18where this was
42:18all game long
42:22Mirkovic by the way
42:23ninth double-double
42:24tonight
42:25in his performance
42:26he's played well
42:27defending here
42:28they got it to go
42:29with a move
42:30by Sharp
42:31and a timeout
42:32with 42 seconds
42:34to go
42:36well actually
42:37Thomas slugs
42:39fighting Illini
42:41they were in the
42:42Elite Eight
42:42back in 2024
42:43in Boston
42:45and they're now
42:4642 and a half
42:47seconds away
42:48from going again
42:50and Kelvin Sampson's
42:51Cougars
42:53are trying to get
42:53to the Elite Eight
42:54for the second
42:55consecutive season
42:56five guys
42:57starting out of bounds
42:59Boswell's going
43:00to inbound
43:00because he struggled
43:01a little bit
43:02at the pre-throw line
43:06they got Tuggler
43:07on him
43:08oh active hands
43:09like
43:10that's right
43:14wow
43:19Wogler had it
43:21oh
43:22off his foot
43:23is it off his foot
43:24or Tuggler's foot
43:25yeah they're going to
43:26challenge
43:26I think it was off
43:28Tuggler's foot
43:29and a good
43:29I think it's a good
43:30challenge by Brad
43:31Underwood
43:32yep
43:36the previous play
43:37is being challenged
43:38by Illinois
43:39the ruling on the
43:40floor
43:40of
43:42Houston ball
43:43out of bounds
43:43it's off Tuggler
43:52the Nissan Rogue
43:53takes head after head
43:57punished under
43:58immense pressure
44:03and exposed
44:04to excessive wear
44:08Nissan
44:09number one
44:10in new vehicle quality
44:11we put it through
44:13the worst
44:13so you get its best
44:23well here we go
44:24with 40.4 seconds
44:25they're taking a look
44:26at who the ball
44:27was off of
44:27it looked like
44:28it was off
44:28Tuggler's left foot
44:29the player in white
44:31for Houston
44:33and
44:34unless somebody
44:35was reaching down
44:36there
44:36and I couldn't tell
44:37if it was
44:40Tuggler or not
44:42well I'll tell you
44:42what
44:43but even if it goes
44:43back to Illinois
44:44which obviously
44:45they want
44:45that ball is going
44:46to be in the deep
44:47corner down there
44:48and you can't move
44:49this is going to be
44:50tough
44:51I'm a little surprised
44:52just from watching
44:54their team
44:54that Mirkovic isn't
44:56the inbounder
44:56in this situation
44:57he's got better size
45:00and he's an excellent passer
45:11oh they're giving him a
45:13after review
45:14it was determined
45:15that the ball last went
45:16off Houston's foot
45:17out of bounds
45:17it will be Illinois ball
45:19in the baseline
45:20with 28 seconds
45:22on the shot clock
45:23the game clock
45:23has been adjusted
45:24to 41.0
45:25he's waving
45:26Stojakovic over
45:27Stojakovic tried
45:28to get it
45:29more on the baseline
45:30he said
45:31no this is in the corner
45:32he's got an inbound
45:33around Tuggler now
45:34with that 7'6
45:35wingspan
45:38oh my goodness
45:39that's a dangerous
45:40pass
45:40Fleming's picked up
45:41the foul
45:42and it was a passing
45:44center for Boswell
45:46what was open
45:47was the pass
45:48over the top
45:49to Mirkovic
45:49watch this
45:51Mirkovic walks his man down
45:52he wants it over the top
45:54and that gets you
45:55out of congestion
45:56but seeing over
45:58Jojo Tuggler
45:59with that long
46:00wingspan
46:00is not easy
46:02Kingston Fleming's
46:04with his fourth
46:04and Boswell
46:06with the free throw
46:07line for Illinois
46:11free throw
46:12disparity
46:13significant
46:1317 attempts
46:15by Illinois
46:162
46:16by the Cougars
46:19it's the most
46:20underrated thing
46:21in defensive
46:22basketball
46:23is not fouling
46:24we all can look
46:26out there
46:26and see great effort
46:28and teams create
46:29turnovers
46:29and all of that
46:30and it's a stat
46:31nobody talks about
46:33very much
46:33that makes your
46:35defense
46:35very tough
46:36to score on
46:39I think
46:40Kylan Boswell
46:41deserves a lot
46:42of credit
46:42for Illinois
46:43this is a guy
46:43that last year
46:44probably thought
46:45it was going
46:45to be his turn
46:46and you get
46:47Kasperis
46:47Yaka Jonas
46:48comes in
46:48he's a lottery
46:49pick
46:49and this year
46:50my turn now
46:51and Keaton
46:51Wagler
46:52now a lottery
46:52he has sacrificed
46:54a lot
46:55and is still
46:56a massive part
46:56of their team
46:57but he's come back
46:58from that hand
46:58injury
46:59and continues
47:00to be a big
47:01piece of Illinois
47:05Fleming's hands
47:05it sharp
47:06a launch
47:06a three
47:08rebound
47:09is off
47:09the fingertips
47:10of Jojo
47:10Tugler
47:11and out of bounds
47:12and off of Houston
47:1230 seconds
47:14to go
47:15nine point
47:16lead for Illinois
47:19Houston
47:20out of timeouts
47:25Stijakovich
47:25Boswell
47:26Wagler
47:29the Wagler
47:30is just so poised
47:31that nothing
47:32rattles him
47:38and he'll be at the line
47:39in 25 seconds
47:40to go
47:43tell you what
47:44it was
47:44as people start
47:45to exit the arena
47:46it's a tough night
47:48here in Houston
47:48for the fans
47:49wearing red
47:51Nebraska in the first game
47:52leads most of the game
47:54yeah
47:54and leaves with a loss
47:56and now
47:57the hometown
47:57Houston Cougars
47:59their fans
48:00walking out
48:01of the arena
48:03Wagler six times
48:04this season
48:05was
48:06voted the
48:07freshman of the week
48:08in the Big Ten
48:10and on to win
48:12freshman of the year
48:13in the conference
48:13set an Illinois
48:15freshman scoring record
48:16in the process
48:17what a season
48:19for a kid who
48:21was lightly recruited
48:23by the major schools
48:25Flemings
48:28and Sharp
48:30and McCarty
48:31for three
48:32with the rebound
48:33by Wagler
48:34and that'll do it
48:35and Illinois
48:35is gonna go
48:37to the Elite Eight
48:38for the second time
48:40in a couple of years
48:41and the foe
48:43will be familiar
48:44they'll take on
48:45one of their opponents
48:47from the Big Ten Iowa
48:49on Saturday
48:52the Illini
48:53are going back
48:54to the Elite Eight
49:13the Illini
49:14fighting Illini
49:15will take it again
49:17they get their 27th
49:19win of the season
49:20it's been the winningest
49:22Big Ten program
49:23the past seven years
49:24seven consecutive
49:2620 win seasons
49:27and Brad Underwood
49:29has done it again
49:30turned over the roster
49:32brought in transfers
49:33and young players
49:35and those young players
49:37have produced
49:38it's a pretty incredible story
49:40when you think about
49:41so many new faces
49:42for Illinois this year
49:44you do have some carryover
49:45Hummerk House
49:46obviously
49:47Eva Sitz
49:47Jake Davis
49:48but you bring in
49:50some of these new guys
49:51that are super talented
49:52and give Brad Underwood
49:53so much credit
49:54he has melded
49:56this group together
49:57and they're playing
49:58their best basketball
49:59at the right time
49:59so we've got
50:01our Elite Eight
50:02set up with a Big Ten
50:04final here
50:05in Houston
50:07with Iowa
50:09and Illinois
50:10let's go out
50:11to Lauren Shahadi
50:11Coach congratulations
50:13it's one thing
50:14to have size
50:15how did you
50:16weaponize it tonight
50:17yeah we were great
50:18defensively
50:19that's a heck of a team
50:20offensively
50:21I thought we did
50:22a really good job
50:23protecting the paint
50:24and not giving them layups
50:27they've got three great guards
50:30all the credit goes
50:31to these guys
50:31they were phenomenal
50:32what about you
50:33I mean every one
50:34of your teams is different
50:35how do you adjust
50:36so well based on personnel
50:37well I like to win
50:38you're a chameleon
50:38I like to win
50:39yes you do
50:40so I'm going to try
50:41to figure out
50:42how to best utilize
50:43all these guys
50:43we got positional size
50:45and shooting
50:46these guys are excellent
50:48we came here to win two
50:49we've only got one
50:50I'm proud as heck of them
50:52what about this guy
50:53what did you come here
50:54to do
50:54how much of you
50:55coming here
50:55was to do this
50:56David
50:56can you repeat please
50:58how much of you
50:59coming here
50:59was to do this
51:00go to the Elite Eight
51:01with this team
51:02I mean this was
51:03this was the goal
51:04since our first practice
51:05we dreamed about this moment
51:07and we just got to keep going
51:08if we continue
51:10to play defense
51:11like that
51:11we're in a great spot
51:12what did he just whispered to you
51:14I can tell you
51:15oh come on
51:17I won't tell anyone
51:18no I can't
51:19secret secret
51:20I can't get over
51:21how unselfish this team is
51:24where does that come from
51:25I mean
51:26we are
51:26we are pretty connected
51:27on the court
51:28since the first day
51:29as we keep winning
51:30we were just getting
51:31getting better chemistry
51:32and that's visible
51:33on the court
51:34because this is a great
51:35great group of guys
51:36great group of people
51:37and nothing else
51:39playing together
51:40and you're playing
51:41in the Elite Eight
51:42congratulations
51:42thank you
51:43Kevin
51:43it's the tallest team
51:46in college basketball
51:47Illinois is
51:48and they come up
51:50with a nice win
51:51well
51:51a big ten Elite Eight
51:53these teams know each other
51:54Iowa
51:55Illinois
51:55what a game
51:56that will be coach
51:57that's incredible
51:58I mean
51:59again
52:00they met once
52:02earlier in the year
52:03Illinois won
52:04at Iowa
52:05by six
52:06for Robbie Hummel
52:07Stan Van Gundy
52:08Lauren Shahadi
52:09and Gene Steratore
52:10Kevin Harland
52:11saying goodnight
52:12from Houston
52:13coming up on TBS
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52:19Men's Basketball
52:20Championship
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