SDSU fights to the endĬhampionship-level resiliency would not have been required of UConn on Monday if San Diego State did not demand it. All credit to my teammates for getting me open and for coach in trusting me." 2. "Coach drew something up for me, so I knew he trusted me to take that shot," said Hawkins. SPLASH /GN5ymD8KPE- CBS Sports College Basketball 🏀 April 4, 2023 The Aztecs mounted a big run late to cut the lead to five points, but each time UConn was seemingly cornered and facing the heat, it responded with resounding excellency, including an impressive 9-0 run fueled by a Jordan Hawkins 3-pointer after SDSU chopped its deficit to five points. San Diego State came out of the gates hot on Monday and immediately put UConn on its heels, but UConn responded to go up 12 at halftime.
Here are three takeaways as UConn is back atop the college basketball mountain. But UConn responded at every turn and flipped a switch when its lead fell to 60-55, rattling off a 9-0 run to put the game out of reach. San Diego State used several big runs late in the second half to cut UConn's lead down to as little as five points. Eight players from the roster he constructed following last season's first-round exit from the NCAA Tournament were part of Monday's rotation, and each of them scored in the first half alone as the Huskies built an early 16-point lead. Over that span, the Huskies have now won titles with three different coaches as Dan Hurley joined predecessors Kevin Ollie and Jim Calhoun in taking UConn to the sport's zenith. All of the Huskies' championships have come in the past 25 years, extending UConn's edge as the most-decorated program of the past quarter-century. The win draws UConn even with Duke and Indiana in a tie for fourth place in the race for most titles in men's college basketball history. In the end, they were required to hold off a vigorous San Diego State rally in the second half in what amounted to the toughest challenge the Huskies faced in the Big Dance. 5 seed Aztecs' offense and systematically finding good looks against SDSU's typically strong defense. 4 seed Huskies earned their fifth title in program history by suffocating the No.
What seemed inevitable became reality Monday night at NRG Stadium as UConn completed its dominant march to the top of college basketball with a 76-59 win over San Diego State in the national championship game.
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