Zach Edey said Purdue is embracing the role as underdog heading into Monday night's title game vs. UConn.
Jay Williams and Seth Greenberg say the NCAA men's final will depend on players other than Purdue's Zach Edey and UConn's Donovan Clingan. spent five weeks as the top-ranked team in the Associated Press poll this season and never dipped lower than No. 4. Just twice during the regular season they were underdogs entering a game.
They'll face a UConn team that hasn't flinched the few times it has been challenged in this tournament, as the Huskies have won their past five games by an average of 25 points. UConn is 40 minutes from becoming the first back-to-back NCAA title winner since 2007, and that potential storyline has proved to be the dominant one in this tournament.
Edey was asked about Clingan over and over Sunday, and he was respectful and complimentary. But he stressed that he's accustomed to playing against big men from his four years playing in the Big Ten.
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