What a game. It was advertised as a Final Four caliber match-up and it delivered. I have zero doubt the winner of this game is heading the actual Final Four.

And that team is Illinois.

They were up by two at half time, but Illinois went on a 20-4 run to start the second half and then just kept Houston from making any kind of real run. It’s like this team learned from its earlier mistakes when up by 15 with 10 minutes to go that you have to keep battling. Finally.

This was the best win of the Brad Underwood era and maybe the best NCAA win since the 2005 Arizona comeback win.