MarchMadness: The fourth-seeded Huskies seized control and beat Rick Pitino's Iona Gaels on Friday in the first round of the NCAATournament.
— With a dominant performance from its best player in the second half, UConn took the next step toward returning to its championship past.
"We grabbed him at halftime because he was pressing in the first half," Hurley said of Sanogo."He was hesitant. I think he carried the weight of getting us out of the first round, I think, a little bit too much in the first half." "I really don't have an answer to it, to be honest with you," Pitino said when asked if this was his last game at Iona."I have no idea if it is or isn't, because I've focused everything on this game."
UConn trailed by a two at the half, but came out of the break clicking. A four-point play by Jordan Hawkins immediately gave the Huskies the lead.Then Sanogo went to work inside. Pitino came in with a 54-20 NCAA record, but without a tournament victory since 2017, his last season at Louisville before he was fired amid the second NCAA scandal of his tenure.
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