Illinois fans fume as viral clip from official March Madness account shows blatant foul

The Illinois Fighting Illini were playing far from their best version of basketball as they faced the UConn Huskies in the Final Four, but it didn't help that the officials were letting Illinois's opponent abuse the Illini across the board.

In a drive to the baseline, Illinois star freshman Keaton Wagler was squished between two UConn players and clearly fouled, yet the Huskies ran in the other direction with the ball, and the refs let their whistles go unblown.

Keaton Wagler clearly fouled as UConn gets away with murder

When the official NCAA March Madness account posted a video of it, praising UConn's steal but not noting the fact that it was an obvious foul, Illinois fans erupted.

Screenshots of the video only made it more obvious, as you could see UConn's Alex Karaban make contact and wrap his own arm around Wagler's, knocking the ball loose but clearly fouling the freshman guard in the process.

Everything from "You guys are literally posting a missed foul call, this is insane" to "That’s assault" were the responses from Illinois fans and those who understand the sport in general.

People were even calling on the March Madness social team to admit that the tournament had been rigged for UConn, which won two of the last three National titles, since the turn of the century.

Yes, UConn was playing unbelievably well, and Illinois was struggling to hit its shots, but that doesn't constitute the officials missing blatant fouls. Not to mention that it definitely doesn't excuse the actual March Madness account posting a video of an uncalled foul.

On top of all that, per usual, Illinois fans were ripping into head coach Brad Underwood, who was in his first-ever Final Four and simply seemed lost compared to UConn head coach Dan Hurley, who had been at this point in the tournament time and time again.