Overview
- UConn, which won 71-62 over Illinois on Saturday in Indianapolis, advanced to Monday's championship against Arizona or Michigan.
- Freshman Braylon Mullins hit a catch-and-shoot 3 with 52 seconds left and finished with 15 points to steady the Huskies.
- Tarris Reed Jr. posted 17 points and 11 rebounds, anchoring the inside play that carried UConn through a tough shooting night.
- Illinois freshman Keaton Wagler led the Illini with 20 points and eight rebounds, and he and Mullins became the first opposing freshmen with 15 or more in a Final Four game since 1982.
- UConn has won 19 straight NCAA Tournament games from the Sweet 16 on and now pursues a seventh title that would move the program into third place all-time.