Connecticut is trying to become the first team since Florida in 2006 and 2007 to win back-to-back national championships.
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — The Connecticut men’s basketball team is now just four wins away from repeating as national champions. The top-ranked cruised to a 75-58 victory over No. 9 on Sunday night to advance to the Sweet 16, where they will play the winner of San Diego State-Yale. Dating back to last season, has now won 29 of its last 30 games against nonconference opponents and all 29 wins came by double digits.
“We have a big picture that we want to get to and we have to take it one step at a time,” Newton said. “Getting to the Sweet 16 is another step to our main goal, and it feels good.” The Huskies were in such control of Sunday night’s game that there was zero doubt about its outcome … even though UConn shot 3-of-22 from beyond the arc . It didn’t matter one bit, especially with the ease with which its players could score inside. Fifty-two of UConn’s 75 points came in the paint.
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