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Spiegel & Holmes Show

Best of March Madness: Illinois advances to first Final Four in 21 years

Spiegel & Holmes Show

Audacy

Sports

4.2652 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

In the Best of March Madness, Illinois coach Brad Underwood joined the Mully & Haugh Show to discuss his Illini's run to the Final Four and to reflect on his coaching journey; Illini Inquirer publisher Jeremy Werner joined the Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show to discuss how Underwood has turned around the Illinois program; and Mike Mulligan and David Haugh looked ahead to the Final Four, where Illinois will meet UConn and Michigan will face Arizona.

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0:00.0

Another miss.

0:03.0

Illinois's got it and that's all she wrote.

0:07.0

It's been 21 years for the Illinois.

0:12.0

But finally, the road will take them to Indianapolis.

0:19.0

Illinois is going to the final four.

0:25.6

Mully and Haw, Chicago's 104-3, the score. We are delighted to welcome in the head coach. Brad

0:36.5

Underwood joins us on the Plummers 911 hotline.

0:41.0

Plumbing Emergency Call 1833 Plum Plumns, Local 130 Plummers get the job done right the first time.

0:50.1

Coach, good morning. Congratulations on getting to the final four.

0:55.3

Thank you. I appreciate it. Appreciate you. I appreciate you. I'm on.

0:58.4

Well, it's a thrill. And I've got to tell you, it was, my son is at Illinois, and he sent some video of everybody going crazy, the streets.

1:08.5

I mean, and you guys show up, and it just must have been one of those moments.

1:14.3

And we saw the post game and the way the team responded, the way you responded to this.

1:21.6

Just one of those real kind of career moments for you.

1:26.5

And you've been through a very long and and successful career.

1:33.3

Well, it's it's living a dream and you're, there's so many people along the way that you

1:41.5

appreciate, you love, you have, you know, my journey is different

1:49.0

than a lot of people's, but I wouldn't pass on one moment of it. It was special and then this

1:59.7

team special. And it's a great group of guys.

2:02.6

It's a lot of fun. There are a lot of fun to be around. And, you know, you're just, you're just

2:07.2

happy. I'm happy for the Illinois Nation, all the fans. And, you know, it's the administration.

2:13.8

It's just a real blessing. And when I think people hear you refer to Illinois as your dream job, some people

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