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“We have a team that we think is elite,” coach Dusty May said. “But we also know that means nothing. You still have to do all the things that got you to this point, and you have to weather storms. You have to handle success.”
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No program has done that better over the past four years than UConn (34-5) — a feat made more impressive by the landscape it must navigate.
Coach Dan Hurley has used the transfer portal in a more targeted way than Michigan — for instance, he nabbed Tarris Reed Jr. from the Wolverines but also has a UConn lifer in Alex Karaban — to keep the program near the top in an era of quick change.
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“We want to have a lot of continuity,” Hurley said. “Our culture is unique. It’s specific. It takes a certain type of player to play for me.”
UConn comes into the game as a 6 1/2-point underdog, according to BetMGM Sportsbook, the third straight game the oddsmakers have picked the Huskies to lose. Bad bet, so far. Braylon Mullins produced the moment of the tournament so far with his 3-pointer to cap UConn’s 19-point comeback against Duke to get the Huskies to the Final Four.
If they defy the odds again, they’ll become the first program to win three titles in four years since the UCLA dynasty of the 1960s and ‘70s.
“The last thing we’re thinking about now, as we prepare for one of these teams, is dynasty,” Hurley said after the Arizona win. “We’re gonna go watch this one and go through the preparation and focus on just … trying to — whoever we play — try to win the game.”
NCAA決勝戦で、勢いに乗るミシガンチームがUConnの王朝を阻止しようとする
インディアナポリス（AP）—ミシガンは、マーチ・マッドネス期間中に相手を得点でねじ伏せ、さらにはスワット（ブロック）で撃ち落とすペースが記録的だ。
ウルバリンズが、大学バスケットボール史上でも最上級のチームとして名を残すには、さらにもう一度、4季で3度目の全米制覇を狙うUConnのチームを倒さなければならない。
両チームは月曜夜のNCAA決勝戦で対戦し、驚きと楽しさに満ちたマーチ・マッドネスに幕を下ろす。そこでは、独自のやり方で歴史を狙う2人のファイナリストが際立っている。
ミシガンでは、昨年の移籍市場（トランスファーポータル）から新たに組まれたロスターが、同一シーズンの5試合連続で90点以上を記録した初のチームとなった。一方、身長7フィート3インチのセンター、アデイ・マラは、今大会の最初の4試合で8本以上のブロックを積み上げたディフェンスを率いている。これは、ブロックが公式スタッツになって以降の1980年代以来初めてのことだ。
ウルバリンズ（36-3）はアリゾナ戦で3本しかスワットを決めなかったが、それでも91-73で勝った。勝つべきはずだった大会最高の一戦が、別の何かになってしまったのだ。ミシガンは、トーナメント6試合を、12点以上差で勝っていく5番目のチームになろうとしている。直近の2つは、2023年と’24年のUConnの優勝チームだ。
“We have a team that we think is elite,” coach Dusty May said. “But we also know that means nothing. You still have to do all the things that got you to this point, and you have to weather storms. You have to handle success.”
No program has done that better over the past four years than UConn (34-5) — a feat made more impressive by the landscape it must navigate.
Coach Dan Hurley has used the transfer portal in a more targeted way than Michigan — for instance, he nabbed Tarris Reed Jr. from the Wolverines but also has a UConn lifer in Alex Karaban — to keep the program near the top in an era of quick change.
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“We want to have a lot of continuity,” Hurley said. “Our culture is unique. It’s specific. It takes a certain type of player to play for me.”
UConn comes into the game as a 6 1/2-point underdog, according to BetMGM Sportsbook, the third straight game the oddsmakers have picked the Huskies to lose. Bad bet, so far. Braylon Mullins produced the moment of the tournament so far with his 3-pointer to cap UConn’s 19-point comeback against Duke to get the Huskies to the Final Four.
If they defy the odds again, they’ll become the first program to win three titles in four years since the UCLA dynasty of the 1960s and ‘70s.
“The last thing we’re thinking about now, as we prepare for one of these teams, is dynasty,” Hurley said after the Arizona win. “We’re gonna go watch this one and go through the preparation and focus on just … trying to — whoever we play — try to win the game.”
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