{"id":31600,"date":"2026-04-05T00:42:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T00:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/05\/quick-hits-illini-knocked-out-by-uconn-again-in-71-62-final-four-loss-247sports\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T00:42:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T00:42:51","slug":"quick-hits-illini-knocked-out-by-uconn-again-in-71-62-final-four-loss-247sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/05\/quick-hits-illini-knocked-out-by-uconn-again-in-71-62-final-four-loss-247sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick hits: Illini knocked out by UConn again in 71-62 Final Four loss &#8211; 247Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0AFBVV95cUxNSEJpeTdsNGljZjB1RnRqN0w5MHJHbmRpakFZcXU1SlhaQTJLa2dhU09sQ2ZwY0dvS19jQUxDTHBOVHhDOFZIY0lmbWJQeVYxZlBxZ3MwRkU2ZVBxS2ZoME4wRFF2TFBDdGdzYWtLbnhhcW1HWGdaVXQtcG9RcGRoUVdQUHJSUVVYY0tlVjdwT3Flc3N5c19GTVBCaW8wYUhuQ2Qza1RrTU9pYkJHZ3JReUczQnQ1VVFaejlqOUQ2VzI5bDhBRVhYVU9tS0w4emhH?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Quick hits: Illini knocked out by UConn again in 71-62 Final Four loss<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">247Sports<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiekFVX3lxTE80bjlTZGJkQXBhcmo1TmxRZjVmZGlkYXpnVXpoV0drVkRyUXpyWjBza3FVV2NQSHpyRUs4Mm1jTENxSkZyQXdJUnhjOHdyVzNQeWNCNGhIOTVSaXdJVVJzaGZWU2RGTm9OS3V2WmNkWHdfMVhjbmFPMHlR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Arizona and Michigan facing off to earn the right to play UConn for the men\u2019s basketball national title<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMidkFVX3lxTE5PYVR5cVRGZVp4S2dNLW5BQ1VObVQ2TWQ4YzFzSEo1d0h1YkcyaUxyUUw4YVBmWm1rblVRRzBnZlZQY0lBdmhaRzJYZnBZeW9qbnpHLTUyVk53VXh6dkN0NDdZT1U5cWw4YUpOLVBRRTRFWUtlaXc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">UConn 71-62 Illinois (Apr 4, 2026) Game Recap<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">ESPN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxNWGhBX2FuV3lMS1NlRzJXRm1rNTZhRzBIcVR0QXllejE1cFpvRFEtTmhiTVctclBRajhsLV8tN2VDY24yNXI0d3FpMHV5akVLR0RETDZqRjZ1TE1oUENUN0dCakFjTnJKQ0VsaWZJS1llVU10elREc1pPcldZcE9vd1VsQ3E2Y3lydU5kMzR0YmlVZnRRVUFPRWZ4NHFGNGxtWV83SA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">NCAA Tournament: Michigan rout Arizona to set up final against UConn<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Guardian<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxQRkE4a2NVY1FweUtqVVlTQzdZRVVMWVF0Z1FXRWRtVFlOUHFwTEd3c281cThpU1dEbVpZaEY1YW9ZQ0NDckZmMjZTd0d1R1BEVDU0a3pad2IxV0VtejJNY1JtM0x6aXdBb0R3T1VyYUZIWk5DX0kyb01Za29oVENlckwtd1RFWExwd0lzLVdRalUyZ3hyQXd6WFZR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">UConn ousts Illinois in Final Four, will play for third national championship in 4 years<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick hits: Illini knocked out by UConn again in 71-62 Final Four loss&nbsp;&nbsp;247Sports Arizona and Michigan facing off to earn the right to play UConn&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/05\/quick-hits-illini-knocked-out-by-uconn-again-in-71-62-final-four-loss-247sports\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31600\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}