00:00Game number one of the men's final four, Coach, and it is UConn.
00:03It is Illinois.
00:04The totals have not budged pretty much from open in these games.
00:09139.5 for Illinois and UConn.
00:12Huskies, about a one-and-a-half to two-point underdog here
00:16against Brad Underwood and the Balkan boys.
00:20The Balkan boys meet Terrence Reed.
00:24Meet Terrence Reed.
00:26I'm going to take UConn on the money line.
00:28I'm going with experience of Dan Hurley.
00:31I'm going with the experience of Alex Karaban.
00:33I'm going with the post-play of Terrence Reed Jr.
00:37I think he's going to be a problem.
00:38I feel like Terrence Reed's going to have a monster game.
00:41If you can find double-doubles, go look at double-double.
00:44I think he's going to own this game.
00:46I think he's going to get guys into foul trouble
00:48and be the X-factor opening up the outside shot for Karaban and others.
00:53I'll take UConn on the money line
00:55and then find yourself a Terrence Reed double-double.
00:59Yeah, Terrence Reed, certainly at least from a rebound perspective,
01:03being posted at nine-and-a-half right now,
01:06so I'm sure that that will certainly be tempting here
01:09for those that do not remember.
01:11I mean, how could you not?
01:13Terrence Reed, 27 rebounds in the opening game of the tournament
01:17against Furman.
01:18I know Illinois is not Furman, but 27 is still 27.
01:21I like UConn in this basketball game.
01:24It is no disrespect to Brad Underwood to say that the Huskies have the better coach
01:30because I think Hurley is almost reminding people that,
01:34yeah, I'm still the best coach in the country,
01:37and Hurley has lost one time in the tournament in the last four tournaments,
01:43and it was to the eventual champions by two as an eight seed against those Florida Gators.
01:49Illinois relies on offensive rebounds,
01:53and I do not think that Hurley will allow his team to be abused on the glass.
02:00Illinois or UConn occasionally struggles to defend without fouling.
02:05Illinois actually don't draw a lot of fouls,
02:07so I think that'll help.
02:09I think the Huskies' path to scoring on the inside will be available through Terrence Reed,
02:15like JY has mentioned.
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