Mark Grote

Now you get the rematch from a couple years ago, where you saw them in the Elite Eight, and they were an absolute buzzsaw, went on to win the national title.

But more importantly, a rematch of this season.

Well, but I also wanted to point that out and then mention that this is a true redemption opportunity for them.

UConn-Duke, that's a top five all-timer, isn't it?

Is it not?

College basketball tournament game?

Definitely top ten.

I mean, the Braylon Mullen shot with 0.4 left, what all Duke had to do was hold on to the basketball?

Duke's inbound plays have now beaten them.

Houston, that was the one last year, too, an inbound that helped seal it for them.

The inbounds UConn was running, it's in some ways cut and paste in that respect.

The inbounds, we see it in the NBA, too.

The inbounds will beat you if you run a well.

But sometimes when those inbound plays are too good, you don't want to choke on that.

Good thing that John Shires, the head coach, and not Kevin Welder or all the assistants would have been fired after that.

Fair enough.

You're right.

We have more Illini Talk later in the show, by the way, with Jeremy Warner, one of our favorite guests.

That will be at 1225, so if you want to check that out.

In the meantime, we've got to get to the NFL owners' meetings and talk to Kaylin Kaler, the senior NFL reporter for ESPN.