2023 March Madness: UConn defeats San Diego State in the national championship game
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The University of Connecticut won the fifth male basketball national title against San Diego State University at the NRG Stadium in Houston on Monday night.
Senior guard Tristen Newton, UCONN (31-8) 19 points and 10 rebounds, while the last four most distinguished actress Sanogo, 17 points and 10 rebounds were carved.
“We did not enter the year, so we had a chip on our shoulder,” he said. “We knew the level we could play even in those dark times” By referring to the team Six losses in eight games In the normal season.
Authorized, the group said he was confident during the season.
“And when you had leaders such as Andre Jackson (the highest assist on Monday) and the man Sanogo, they held this team together, they put us back on their way, and we knew we were the best team in the tournament, and we had to play only at our level,” he added.
San Diego Province (32-7) by Keshad Johnson, who scored 14 points.
Uconn watched too early, but the San Diego province scored only five free throw and was taken back with an eight -second stretching of 11 minutes, where he missed 12 consecutive shots from the field. Huskies rose from 10-6 to 36-24 in the first half.
The Aztecs ran in the middle of the second half and narrowed the play to five in 5:19 to 60-55, but Huskies took a comfortable lead in the last two minutes.
“We fought. We went back to five in the second half, but it gave them too much separation,” San Diego state coach Brian Dutcher said. “We had to do our best. We weren’t in the best way. He had a lot to do with Uconn.”
Seiko, the senior guard, told journalists that they gave them a chance with their second half returns, but Uconn finally “made a little more games”.
“They have a lot of weapons. They were pretty good, Mat Matt Bradley said, a senior guard. “We had to shoot to beat them.
UCONN has won at least 10 points of each of its six tournaments, the nearest game is a 13 -point win against Miami University in the national semi -finals.
Sanogo, “I just want to thank my teammates, my coaches who believe in me. I would not be here right now,” he said.
Jordan Hawkins, who scored 16 points for Uconn, talked about winning the crown a day after his cousin Louisiana State University Angel Reese, won the title of a woman.
“I mean, it is absolutely surprising that we both get this opportunity, and that’s the family reunion will be great, so that’s the only thing I know,” he said.
UCONN, UCLA (11), Kentucky (eight), North Carolina (six), Duke (five) and Indiana (five) to win the five NCAA Men’s Basketball Championships to win the only sixth team as the sixth team entering. All of Uconn’s titles have been published in 2014 since 1999.
Uconn’s women’s teams won 11 basketball national championships.
