{"id":698355,"date":"2026-04-04T20:03:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T20:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/698355\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T20:03:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T20:03:43","slug":"illini-basketball-vs-uconn-live-scores-and-updates-from-the-final-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/698355\/","title":{"rendered":"Illini basketball vs. UConn: Live scores and updates from the Final Four"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/mbm5403ak6s470zs.jpg\" alt=\"Fighting Illini Final Four Game has fans excited\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/video\/fmc-5ekzmi71g9r432q3\" data-v-4292be72=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fighting Illini Final Four Game has fans excited<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-4292be72=\"\">For the first time since 2005, the fighting Illini mens basketball team is going to the final four.&#13;<br \/>\nIllinois is taking on UConn tomorrow night in Indy.&#13;<br \/>\nBars in Chicago have been all booked up for tomorrow\u2019s game since last week\u2019s elite 8 win!&#13;<br \/>\nFox 32\u2019s Lauren Scafidi shows you how the Weather Mark Tavern is just one place getting ready for Saturday.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">INDIANAPOLIS &#8211; And then, there were four.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Illinois basketball will play in its first Final Four game in 21 years. Standing in the way of the Illini and a spot in the national championship games is Dan Hurley&#8217;s powerhouse UConn team.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Tip off is just after 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Follow along with us for live updates from Indianapolis as Illinois plays UConn in the Final Four.<\/p>\n<p>  Illinois vs. UConn: Live scores and updates 3:35 P.M.: Illini are in the building <\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">The fans entered Lucas Oil and are sprinting to their seats in the student section.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">There&#8217;s going to be a hefty Illinois presence at the game tonight.<\/p>\n<p> 3:00 P.M.: Basketball Hall of Famers honored <\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Naperville native Candace Parker was honored as a member of the Naismith Hall of Fame Class of 2026.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">She joined Proviso East alum and Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers, Chamique Holdsclaw, Mike D&#8217;Antoni, Amar&#8217;e Stoudmire, Joey Crawford and Mark Few.<\/p>\n<p> How to watch Illinois vs. UConn  How the Illini defense evolved into a strength     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/ncaa\/illinois-ncaa\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">University of Illinois<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/ncaa-tournament\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/ncaa-basketball\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">College Basketball<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fighting Illini Final Four Game has fans excited For the first time since 2005, the fighting Illini mens&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":698356,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3724],"tags":[7,81529,231,772,1400,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-698355","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-illinois-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa","11":"tag-ncaa-basketball","12":"tag-ncaa-tournament","13":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116348231371792353","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=698355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/698356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=698355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=698355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}