Dan Hurley had a perfect quote to describe the dominance of his UConn men's basketball team after its Final Four win over Alabama.
UConn's NCAA Tournament dominance continued on Saturday night at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., as Hurley's Huskies defeated Alabama by a score of 86-72 to earn a spot in Monday's national title game against Purdue.
The defending champion Huskies have steamrolled through the tourney at a historic pace—and Saturday's win, with a 14-point margin of victory, was no different."We make a hard tournament look easy. It's crazy," Hurley said, finishing up a response to a question about the similarities and differences between this year's UConn team and last year's.UConn has won their five NCAA Tournament games by a combined 125 points, good for a 25-point average margin of victory.
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