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After one of the most impressive seasons in the sport’s history, the Huskies are certainly “running” college basketball.
Everyone already wrote their “now they’re officially a blue blood” story a year ago, so there’s no point in rehashing that. Although the urge is understandable. Extracting new narratives from periods of sustained dominance is difficult.
No, this year’s storyline feels much simpler: The 2023-24 Connecticut Huskies are one of the greatest men’s college basketball teams of all-time.

Dan Hurley and the UConn Huskies are back-to-back college basketball national champions.
Even with the greatness of Zach Edey, UConn crushed the Purdue Boilermakers, 75-60, to cap a dominant tournament run. As noted on the broadcast, UConn finished with the best point differential (+140) in tournament history — passing the 1996 Kentucky Wildcats’ mark at +126.
The Huskies finished with a 37-3 record en route to their repeat championship.

Cincinnati Reds ascending star Elly De La Cruz is back to making the highlight reel with absurd plays.
Last year’s sensation made headlines for blasting mammoth home runs, hitting for the cycle and tallying inside-the-park runs with blazing-fast speeds.
On Monday, facing the Milwaukee Brewers, EDLC pulled off a ridiculous inside-the-park home run in the seventh inning, covering all bases in just 14.96 seconds. 
Elly may be the fastest man alive.