GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — UConn has blown through the NCAA Tournament again to reach college basketball's final night, this time with a chance to claim the first
UConn forward Samson Johnson celebrates a basket during the second half of the NCAA college basketball game against Alabama at the Final Four, Saturday, April 6, 2024, in Glendale, Ariz. The final test is facing a Purdue team that spent an entire season proving it had recovered from one of the rarest of NCAA Tournament upsets.BET $5, GET $150 BONUS BETS OR $1,000 FIRST BET SAFETY NET! to your account and place a qualifying bet of $5 to get $150 in Bonus Bets once your bet is settled with bet365.
The Huskies won their fifth championship last season, winning six straight games by at least 13 points each time. And in a been-here-before moment, UConn earned its title-game ticket by beating the Crimson Tide 86-72 for its closest margin thus far in this year’s tournament and its 11th straight tournament win dating back to last year.
For Purdue, the story isn’t one of sustained dominance, but a massive turnaround from a humiliating moment that has the Boilermakers within reach of the program’s first title. Only one other team had faced that challenge: Virginia, which lost to UMBC in 2018. That team went on to win the program’s first NCAA title a year later as a No. 1 seed.“It’s everything we’ve worked for, everything we thought about,” guard Fletcher Loyer said. “A lot of late nights, can’t even sleep because you’re thinking about it.
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