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Fighting Illini vs Bruins

CBB • Reg. Season • Feb 22 2026

Pauley Pavilion

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52

Fighting Illini

948

Bruins

95W

Team

1st2ndOTFinal

Fighting Illini

Fighting Illini

5036894

Bruins

4343995

Takes

We’re so back (still fire Cronin)

Mick Cronin is such a jackass lmao

What a finish! Illinois made the go-ahead shot with 4 seconds left in overtime, but UCLA ran the full length of the court to make a buzzer-beating layup and stun Illinois in overtime

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UCLA FIGHT NIGHT

Objectively a great game but damn that last layup was heartbreaking. Basically a repeat of what UCLA did against Purdue earlier in the year. Keaton Wagler with a mid game but goddamn man we almost escaped

15 assists 0 turnovers! Holy ballgame from Mr. Dent, no one deserves it less then Mick Cronin tho. Shoutout Eric Dailey too, hooper.

wow is all i can say. illinois have not looked like the team we thought they were and what a buzzer beater from ucla!

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@kutweetsandnews

never would have thought after mick cronin said what he did that they would have believed and made this kind of comeback. awesome.

What a game. Somehow this was the game of the day. Cronin gotta run that hate on his team gimmick to get them to play inspired basketball Fairs man. What a win this should put them in the tournament because lets be real none of those other bubble teams are doing this. Played a really good game vs maybe the best team in the conference. Dent has looked rough all year but he got the game winning buzzer beater layup so hopefully he can turn up at just the right time. Gonna be interesting to see how the Bruins go on from here.

What a comeback. Illinois keeps on losing unnecessarily. Also what a wild week for UCLA 😭😭

@DarthPlagueisTheWise

UCLA sure does play great at home! The Bruins kept it close all game after their horrific start, and this one would need overtime! UCLA and Illinois went back-and-forth with the lead until the Illini got a big offensive rebound and scored with 5 seconds left to give them the lead! UCLA would get the last laugh though because Donovan Dent would get the inbound and run the full length of the court to get the buzzer beater layup! The Bruins get their 2nd top 10 win of the season!

@underwoodforheisman

Tuff layup to finish

So sad to see this as an Illinois fan. Brad needs to figure out how to coach his guys to push past 40 mins of basketball we seemingly got lazy again in ot. Still a really great game of basketball for everyone that’s unbiased for either teams

Shades of Tyus Edney with the GW coast to coast bucket from Donnt Dent

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One play. Horrible defense on the last play. Hopefully we can figure that out before march