UConn is looking to repeat as national champion. Purdue is looking to completely erase the nightmare of losing to a 16-seed last season.
are on the precipice of completing a rare feat, becoming the first repeat champions in college basketball since Florida in 2007.are one win from duplicating the unprecedented turnaround arc executed by Virginia in 2019 -- rebounding from losing to a No. 16 seed in the NCAA tournament by winning the entire tournament the next year.
The marquee matchup Monday night is obvious -- a throwback post battle of two big men destined to be NBA lottery picks: Purdue's 7-foot-4 Edey and Connecticut's 7-2 Clingan. Edey, a senior, is the two-time National Player of the Year and Clingan, a sophomore, is considered the top college basketball prospect in the upcoming draft.
For Edey, the matchup continued his historic NCAA tournament performance, as he has put together six straight NCAA tournament games with 20 points and 10 rebounds. That's the longest streak in the tournament since Houston's Elvin Hayes in 1967 and 1968, per ESPN Stats & Information.
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