Sunday, March 23, 2014

Sweet Sixteen!

Well, the Huskies know how to turn it on in March. 

Last week they proved they belonged when they defeated Memphis and Cincinnati to advance to the American championship game. The Memphis win was significant because it was a true road game. The Cincinnati win was just an old school grind.

Then past Thursday,  the Huskies were playing awful in the first half. Down by as many as ten, then they fought back. Being down late, it was the freshman center who made the biggest shot and free throw in this career to force overtime.  As we have become accustomed to, OT is Napier time. Nothing changed as UConn advanced to the Round of 32.

Saturday night primetime was interesting.  UConn looked like they were going to get blown out of the building early on. Napier with two quick fouls and plenty of time on the bench, and Husky bench stepped up.  Villanova was forced to live and die by the three and they did die. Napier took over in the second half and helped lead UConn to the East Regional semifinals at Madison Square Garden in NYC.

MSG is a UConn homecourt. The Huskies beat BC and Indiana there back in November.  They won Big East tournament championships there and always gave St. John's a battle. The Garden will be rocking on Friday night.

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