Then 4 remained!
If you’re successful nan Bracket Challenge, Sammy has been keeping america updated connected nan advancement arsenic nan tourney has gone along. What’s absorbing is it looks for illustration of nan apical 10 brackets, 7 person Arizona winning it all, 1 has UConn, 1 had Duke (sorry Nathan!), and Sammy picked Michigan. So nan feline who group nan situation up could triumph it if Michigan thumps Arizona tonight. In 19th spot is nan highest rated Illinois prime (bold prime successful this instrumentality group), truthful an extracurricular changeable but not retired of nan running.
These 2 games characteristic 2 teams who person intelligibly been astatine nan apical of nan crippled each play agelong successful Michigan and Arizona. The Wolverines are nan apical squad successful KenPom, EvanMiya, BartTorvik, but Arizona is tops successful nan AP Poll (and 2nd successful each those metrics). Michigan has nan country’s champion defense, while Arizona is #2. The Wolverines person nan nation’s 5th champion offense, Arizona is #4. This is an elite matchup, and some teams are relentless. I can’t hold for it.
The Illinois-UConn matchup is simply a small spot much difficult to read. Neither squad were picked by galore to extremity up here, but nan Illini are presently person nan champion offense, contempt being beautiful mean shooting nan ball. They’re elite astatine not turning nan shot over, and making free throws, and they’re 3rd successful violative rebounding. Defensively they’re not each that great, but they don’t foul overmuch and effort to make life difficult astatine nan rim.
UConn is nan lowest rated squad successful nan Final Four, classed 9th by KenPom and BartTorvik, and 7th by EvanMiya. They’re very bully defensively, but they’re acold from elite connected offense. They are prone to turnovers however, and this is wherever it mightiness get interesting. Illinois is THE WORST squad successful nan state for forcing turnovers. Not bad astatine it… they are THE WORST D1 squad successful this category. It’s intriguing to opportunity nan least.
Either measurement it should beryllium a nosy group of games.
We person much Mizzou sum coming coming and tomorrow arsenic there’s a batch going on. Stick astir for that. In nan meantime we’re only a fewer days from nan transportation portal opening!
College Basketball Games to watch, April 4th and 6th, 2026
| Sat 5:09 PM | Illinois (3) | -1.5 | UConn (2) | 139.5 | TBS | |
| Sat 7:54 PM | Michigan (1) | -1.5 | Arizona (1) | 157.5 | TBS | |
| Mon 8:30 PM | TBA | TBA | CBS |
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