Elite Eight Recap: UConn Advances to Final Four on Braylon Mullins’s Game-Winning Three

UConn will face Illinois, while Michigan will play Arizona in the Final Four next week in Indianapolis.

UConn guard Braylon Mullins hits the game-winning three-pointer to beat Duke and advance to the Final Four. | Geoff Burke-Imagn Images

The 2026 NCAA men’s basketball tournament saw some classic Elite Eight games. On Saturday, No. 3-seeded Illinois and No. 1 Arizona punched their tickets to Indy. No. 1 Michigan joined them with a 95–62 rout of No. 6 Tennessee on Sunday. Then, No. 2 UConn stormed back from a 19-point deficit to stun No. 1 Duke, 73–72, and advance to the Final Four. Here’s everything we saw on Sunday.

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