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Sports fans gather at Lucas Oil Stadium on April 4, 2026 for the Final Four Men's Basketball game against UConn.
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Final Four game Indy
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Final Four game Indy
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University of Illinois Senior Grace Liu holds a candle as she mourns the men’s basketball team’s loss to the University of Connecticut on April 4, 2026.
Members of the University of Illinois marching band play songs to cheer the crowd up on April 4, 2026.
Emily Hays/Illinois Public Media Ernest Smith was traveling to Champaign for work. A fellow Midwesterner and basketball fan, he decided to stop into Neil St. Blues to watch the Final Four March Madness game.
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