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Tristen Newton of the Huskies scored 20 points and was named most outstanding  player of the men's Final Four. Zach Edey of Purdue scored a game-high 37. PHOTO BY CHRISTIAN PETERSEN/GETTY IMAGES Connecticut caps dominant two-year run with a second title Huskies repeat in dominant fashion 9 Apr 2024 - The Washington Post BY CHUCK CULPEPPER If the NCAA men’s basketball tournament counts as one of the nation’s ultimate rodeos, then it just witnessed maybe the smoothest two-year case of bronco riding it ever saw. Coach Dan Hurley’s Connecticut Huskies spent Monday night finishing an unimaginable calming of the rambunctious event, becoming the first repeat national champion since Florida in 2006-07 and only the second since Duke in 1991-92. It parked a program little-known four decades ago way up high on the list at six national championships, in third place shoulder-to-shoulder with North Carolina. In its 75-60 win over an excellent Purdue whose shots started suffering against Connecti...

UConn became just the fourth program to have six or more national titles after winning it all in 2024. It's also the first back-to-back champion since Florida in 2006 and 2007.  Christian Petersen/Getty Images https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/insider/story/_/id/39901608/ranking-all-mens-ncaa-national-champions-including-2024-winner-uconn John Gasaway,  ESPN Insider - Apr 9, 2024, 08:45 AM ET UConn has achieved something truly exceptional with its 2024 men's national championship . Not only did the Huskies repeat as champions, they did so after losing three starters from last year's championship team. Indeed, many repeat champions of yesteryear benefited from a higher degree of roster continuity. So congratulations, Dan Hurley, on finding a different path to a successful title defense. Just where does UConn's 2024 team rank on the all-time list of men's national champions? We took a shot at coming up with an answer. Starting with Oregon in 1939 and goin...

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/39904076/connecticut-huskies-cruise-sixth-ncaa-championship Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff Writer Apr 8, 2024, 11:34 PM ET GLENDALE, Ariz. -- On paper, the plan wasn't working. Zach Edey had 14 points, the reigning Wooden Award winner was talking trash to Dan Hurley and the UConn bench, and Purdue led the Huskies with 8 minutes left in the first half. UConn had elected to guard Edey one-on-one with Donovan Clingan , essentially allowing him to score at will, while focusing most of their defensive attention on the Boilermakers' other players. Edey was dominating UConn's projected lottery pick center like nobody else had all season. But UConn, as it has done consistently over the past two years, stayed the course and trusted its game plan. Edey couldn't beat the Huskies by himself, and his teammates weren't doing much to help. The floodgates opened for UConn in the second half, and the Huskies ultimately beat Purdu...

Top - DJ Burns, 23 anni, 29 punti per North Carolina State   I sorprendenti Wolfpack alle Final Four dopo 41 anni. Sabato sfidano Purdue 2 Apr 2024 - La Gazzetta dello Sport  di Andrea Buongiovanni © RIPRODUZIONE RISERVATA Albuquerque 1983: al termine della finale Ncaa mancano 5 secondi. North Carolina State e Houston sono sul 52-52. Derek Whittenburg, miglior realizzatore dei sorprendenti Wolfpack, scocca un tiro da oltre 9 metri. Corto, cortissimo. Ma sotto canestro c’è Lorenzo Charles : arpiona il pallone, schiaccia, rimanda al mittente i favoritissimi "Phi Slama Jama" di Hakeem Olajuwon e Clyde Drexler e regala il titolo ai suoi. L’azione è nella storia del basket college, come la successiva folle corsa celebrativa di coach Jim Valvano da un lato all’altro del campo. Roba da fare di Carletto Mazzone un dilettante. Il leggendario allenatore sarebbe morto dieci stagioni più tardi, a 47 anni, per un tumore. Charles, poi anche a Desio e a Cantù, alla stessa maledetta età, nel...

https://uconnhuskies.com/news/2024/1/30/mens-basketball-huskies-to-retire-rip-hamiltons-no-32-on-feb-24.aspx?fbclid=IwAR0yNzcyz6Ak5lpGpWd2k8d13y-QhZw_bONxTaSQc3For6Z2CVMEmVTgPUA STORRS – The UConn men's basketball team has announced that the No. 32 will hang forever in the rafters at Gampel Pavilion . The Huskies are retiring the number of the legendary Richard "Rip" Hamilton at halftime of the game against Villanova on Feb. 24. He joins Ray Allen (No. 34) as the only men's basketball players to have their numbers living in the Gampel rafters. Richard "Rip" Hamilton had one of the most decorated careers in UConn basketball history. Despite playing only three seasons before heading for the NBA, Hamilton scored 2,036 career points, second only to Chris Smith (2,145) on the all-time UConn scoring list as the only two players in UConn history with more than 2,000 points . Hamilton led the Huskies in scoring in each of his three seasons and his career scoring av...

COME UNA FINALE DI CHAMPIONS CONNECTICUT RE DEI COLLEGE Tutto esaurito a Houston: gli Huskies col quinto trionfo eguagliano Duke e Indiana È la squadra di Napier, play di Milano, che nel 2014 vinse da MVP La follia di marzo Nel torneo che ha eliminato tutte le teste di serie, domina la più forte delle quattro di Paolo Bartezzaghi La Gazzetta dello Sport - 5 apr 2023 Le sorprese e tutta la follia si sono esaurite a marzo. La Final Four di aprile ha eletto la più forte delle quattro squadre che sono arrivate in fondo alla “March Madness”, la follia di marzo in cui il torneo universitario ha stravolto ancora più pronostici del solito. Ha vinto Connecticut, l’unica delle quattro ad avere esperienza di Final Four. E l’unica che ha rispettato, almeno ad aprile, i pronostici di un torneo che ha eliminato tutte le prime tre teste di serie delle quattro parti in cui si divide il tabellone.  Al primo turno una delle numero 1, Purdue, è stata mandata a casa dall’improbabile Fairleigh Dickinso...

https://www.eurosport.it/basket/connecticut-campione-ncaa-2023-san-diego-state-piegata-76-59-quinto-titolo-per-gli-huskies_sto9541924/story.shtml?fbclid=IwAR0bLryI4aU04juIXzDQDxKguyoKQeaoRSIcTrBmWJNjhfbTfHRozWFtl7g SAN DIEGO STATE PIEGATA 76-59, QUINTO TITOLO PER GLI HUSKIES TORNEO NCAA - Connecticut batte 76-59 San Diego State nella finale di Houston ed è campione NCAA 2023, il quinto titolo in 25 anni per gli Huskies al termine di un torneo dominato con 6 partite vinte con un margine in doppia cifra. Il lungo Adama Sanogo, 17 punti e 10 rimbalzi, eletto miglior giocatore, determinante anche la guardia Newton, 19 e 10 rimbalzi. Primo titolo per coach Dan Hurley. DAVIDE FUMAGALLI AGGIORNATO 04/04/2023 ALLE 10:16 GMT+2 Il titolo NCAA torna a Storrs, sede del campus di Connecticut University, dopo 9 anni dall'ultima volta. Gli Huskies di coach Dan Hurley trionfano nella finale del Torneo all'NRG Stadium di Houston, in Texas, battendo nettamente San Diego State per 76-69 e sono ca...