00:00At 609 Eastern, Illinois, UConn, that would be the first game right now pretty steady here.
00:06Illinois favored.
00:07Some people think UConn should be.
00:09Any opinion on that?
00:10Yeah, I think UConn has the magic, the confidence of knowing what it is to win at this level.
00:17Illinois certainly does not.
00:18Brad Underwood, first Final Four.
00:20And, of course, you look at the players are all new to it as well,
00:24whereas Alex Karaban can be the only non-UCLA Bruin to ever win three national championships in men's Division I
00:32basketball.
00:33So they know their way around this stage better than Illinois does.
00:37But Illinois has more components to win that game.
00:41It's a physically powerful team.
00:43They've got the best player on the floor in Keaton Wagler.
00:46And they know job one is to make sure that Braylon Mullins doesn't carry that great shot he made into
00:53an outstanding performance.
00:55He can score some points, but if he starts getting up to 20-25, Illinois will know they've made a
01:01mistake.
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