UConn spent eight weeks at No. 1 this season and Purdue ranked second in the preseason poll. UConn coach Dan Hurley believes it is the best two-year run in a long time considering the team's losses from last year. Purdue had an incredible turnaround after their upset loss in 2019.
UConn ultimately spent eight weeks at No. 1 this season, while its lowest ranking was sixth in the preseason poll .in 2006 and 2007, as well as joining the Gators and Duke as the only back-to-back champs since UCLA won seven straight titles under John Wooden from 1967-73.
The Boilermakers were next at No. 2 as they nearly matched Virginia in 2019 with an incredible turnaround. The Cavaliers became the first No. 1 seed to lose to a No. 16 seed in UMBC in 2018 before winning the title the next year. Purdue has the only other 16-vs-1 upset loss, to Fairleigh Dickinson last year, but followed that by coming within a win of the title, too.
UConn ultimately spent eight weeks at No. 1 this season, while its lowest ranking was sixth in the preseason poll.The Huskies spent six straight weeks from mid-January into late February at No. 1, fell to No. 3 on Feb. 26 after a loss at Creighton, then had two weeks at No. 2 before returning to No. 1 for the final pre-tournament poll on March 18.
Once in the tournament, the Huskies won six tournament games by a combined 23.3 points, with the closest call being a 14-point win against the Crimson Tide in the national semifinals. Ultimately, UConn and Purdue ranked 1-2 six times this season.Regional finalist Illinois was next at No. 6, followed by North Carolina, Iowa State and Duke — all of which reached the second weekend of the NCAAs.
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