The Big Ten is well represented in the Elite Eight with three of its four teams playing on Saturday.
is down to the Elite Eight with each team vying for a coveted spot in the Final Four next week in Indianapolis. On Saturday, the South Regional final between No. 3-seeded Illinois and No. 9 Iowa tips off first from Houston followed by the West Regional final in San Jose, No.
1 Arizona vs. No. 2 Purdue .This Big Ten matchup will send a league representative to the Final Four in hopes the conference’s title drought will end after 26 years. Two other Big Ten teams will compete elsewhere in the Elite Eight, while no other conference has more than one team into this round. Illinois went 15–6 in Big Ten play, while Iowa was 12–11 this season. In their lone previous matchup, Illinois won, 75–69, on Jan. 11 when Illini freshman guard scored 19 points.This matchup features high-level guard play from both teams. The Wildcats’ Brayden Burries shoots 50.2% from the field and averages 16.2 points and 4.8 rebounds per game, while Jaden Bradley shoots 46% from the field and averages 13.3 points and 4.4 assists per game. The Boilermakers’ Braden Smith set the NCAA career assists mark in the first game of the tournament and is averaging 14.3 points and 8.9 assists per game.Midwest Regional final in Chicago: No. 1 Michigan vs. No. 6 Tennessee, 2:15 p.m. ET Final Four in IndianapolisMen’s national championship game, 8:30 p.m. ET April 6 Jon Scheyer Built a Juggernaut in Duke’s Post–Coach K EraArizona’s Stability Is About to Be Tested by Tommy Lloyd’s Men’s Hoops SuccessMore March Madness From
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