UConn will advance to the Elite Eight, where it will face the winner of No. 2 Iowa State and No. 3 Illinois.
BOSTON — When his team advanced to the Sweet 16, Connecticut coach Dan Hurley spoke to his players with confidence. Keep blowing teams out of the tournament, . At this point, his players hardly need to hear it. They live it. A rematch of last year’s national championship game turned into another UConn clinic Thursday in the Sweet 16. The played bigger on the glass. They were faster to loose balls.
UConn didn’t just score second-chance points — it capitalized on third chances, with second offensive rebounds leading to open 3-pointers. At a time when San Diego State was still in range — trailing 42-33 two minutes into the second half — one such sequence went like this: A Karaban blocked shot attempt landed with Castle, who dribbled out to the right corner and missed a 3.
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