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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.
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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.
Tristen Newton scored 20 points for a balanced, fast-paced UConn attack that overwhelmed Purdue despite 37 from Zach Edey as the Huskies repeat as champs.
The NCAA could adopt emergency legislation this month for a new transfer rule that would allow all undergraduate athletes to transfer and play immediately if they meet specific academic requirements, a source confirmed to ESPN.
Sacramento Kings G League coach Lindsey Harding will interview for the Charlotte Hornets’ head-coaching job, sources told ESPN on Monday.
Yankees’ Gerrit Cole is one of several prominent pitchers to sustain a major arm injury since teams reported for spring training in February.
Caitlin Clark and Iowa have the top three television audiences for women’s basketball.
‘Uncle Verne,’ who authored two of the greatest calls in sports history, will end his tenure at Augusta National after the 2024 Masters.
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.
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