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Nebraska led that whole game, and then they didn't.

Iowa closing on a 15-6 run also helps when, you know, Nebraska sends four men out on defense,

leading to the vulgarious dunk with about a minute ago to help the N-1.

Just not great for Fred Hoyberg and the Nebraska cornhuskers, but that Brad, Nebraska, at least, is old news.

Iowa advances, so Iowa beats Clemson, then upsets Florida, then beats Nebraska.

Now they take on Brad, you're a line eye tonight in the first elite eight matchup.

This one will be in Houston, Spiro Ditas Fran friend, Fischel on the call, on Westwood

won.

Illinois, about a seven-point favorite against the Hawkeyes.

Your thoughts on this one, Brad, and we'll see if your takes get infected at all

by your die-hard, ardent Illinois fandom.

Yeah, trying to bury the bias as humanly as possible I can.

Look, I think Illinois is going to win this thing.

It's going to be in convincing fashion.

I'm not convinced that because you know what Iowa's name of their game is,

Slow it down.

One of the slowest teams in the country in adjusted tempo. They live in the half court. They bleed the shot clock, ultra-efficient on the offensive end. And you're right. You know, a lot of, whether it's Fulgaris or Sage or some of the other guys coming off the bench, they have gotten some of those key contributions for a number of role players has been more than just Bennett's turts. It was absolutely brilliant. And you could say, well, you know, they beat the best front court in the country in Florida. Yeah, Illinois outsizes them, plug it out, muscle them in the interior. There's going to be a deficit in rebounding margin for the Iowa Hawkeyes. So, you know, they got more to a bunch of chance of winning. To a certain extent, I agree with it. But the difference between Illinois and Florida is very simple. Illinois,

like Iowa, we prefer to live in the half court. They're a decent transition team, but they're more

comfortable grinding out shot clocks on one half of the court of action. Florida, meanwhile,

was a team that loved to get up and down and lived and thrived in transition.

And Iowa limited a lot of those opportunities as a result.

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