UConn ousts Illinois in Final Four, will play for third national championship in 4 years

INDIANAPOLIS — Braylon Mullins, the hero of March, banked in a 3 on Saturday night at the Final Four and reacted with a Jordan shrug.The basketball gods were shining on UConn in one of the ugliest April games in the tournament’s history. Lots of missed bunnies, fumbled balls and jumpers that weren’t even close, but the Huskies got enough rolls and enough Tarris Reed Jr. dominating in the post to survive for a 71-62 win that will have the program going for its third championship in four tries on Monday night.Advertisement