UConn vs. Illinois men’s basketball tickets still available for Saturday, March 30
The No. 1 seed UConn Huskies (34-3) will match up with the No. 3 seed Illinois Fighting Illini (29-8) in the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight on Saturday at TD Garden, airing on TBS starting at 6:09 PM ET.
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- Date: Saturday, March 30, 2024
- Time: 6:09 PM ET
- How to Watch on TV: TBS
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts
- Venue: TD Garden
- Spread: UConn -8.5
- Moneylines: UConn -378, Illinois +296
- Total: 155
- Tickets: Buy tickets here
UConn Leaders
- So far this season, Tristen Newton is putting up 15.3 points, 6.1 assists and 6.8 rebounds per game.
- Offensively, Cam Spencer posts 14.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game, shooting 48.8% from the field and 44.1% from downtown with 2.5 made 3-pointers per contest.
- Donovan Clingan averages 12.6 points, 7.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game. At the other end, he posts 0.5 steals and 2.4 blocked shots (10th in the country).
- On a per-game basis, Alex Karaban averages 13.6 points, 5 rebounds and 1.4 assists, shooting 49.5% from the floor and 38.5% from downtown with 2.1 made 3-pointers per contest.
- Stephon Castle is averaging 10.9 points per game this season.
Illinois Leaders
- On the hardwood, Terrence Shannon Jr. posts 23.5 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists per contest, shooting 48.3% from the floor and 36.3% from downtown with 2.5 made 3-pointers per game.
- Marcus Domask is racking up 15.8 points, 4 assists and 5.1 rebounds per contest.
- Coleman Hawkins posts 12.3 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game this season. Defensively, he puts up 1.5 steals and 1.1 blocked shots.
- From an offensive standpoint, Quincy Guerrier puts up 9.6 points, 6.2 rebounds and 0.3 assists per contest, shooting 48.2% from the field and 37.8% from beyond the arc with 1.1 made 3-pointers per contest.
- So far this season, Ty Rodgers is averaging 6.3 points, 2.1 assists and 5.4 rebounds per contest.
Huskies vs. Fighting Illini Stats Breakdown
- The Huskies are making 49.7% of their shots from the field, 6.7% higher than the Fighting Illini allow to opponents (43%).
- In games when UConn shoots better than 43% from the field, it is 17-6 against the spread and 22-1 overall.
- The Fighting Illini make 47.5% of their shots from the field, 8.1% higher than the Huskies’ defensive field-goal percentage.
- Illinois is 17-10 against the spread and 22-5 straight up when shooting higher than 39.4% from the field.
- The Huskies and Fighting Illini rebound at about the same rate, with the Huskies averaging 2.2 fewer rebounds per game.
- The Huskies are the 39th-ranked rebounding team in the nation, and the Fighting Illini are ninth.
- The Huskies post 8.4 more points than the Fighting Illini allow (73.2).
- The Fighting Illini’s 84.2 points per game are 20.6 more than the Huskies concede.