A basketball beatdown. A coaching clinic. A double-digit domination.

Take one guess who finished off a romp through college basketball again. You bet, itB次元官网网址檚 UConn B次元官网网址� a team built to win now, and often, and by a lot every time it takes the court.

Coach Dan HurleyB次元官网网址檚 Huskies delivered the latest of their suffocating hoops performances Monday night, smothering Purdue for a 75-60 victory to become the first team since 2007 to capture back-to-back national championships.

Tristen Newton for the Huskies, who won their 12th straight March Madness game B次元官网网址� not a single one of them decided by fewer than 13 points.

UConn was efficient on offense but won this with defense. The Huskies (37-3) limited the countryB次元官网网址檚 second-best 3-point shooting team to a mere seven shots behind the arc and only a single make, while happily allowing 7-foot-4 AP Player of the Year Zach Edey to go for 37 points on 25 shot attempts.

and joined the 2006-07 Florida Gators and the 1991-92 Duke Blue Devils as just the third team to repeat since John WoodenB次元官网网址檚 UCLA dynasty of the 1960s and B次元官网网址�70s.

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The 2024 Huskies are the sixth team to win all six tournament games by double-digit margins. They won those games by a grand total of 140 points, blowing past the 1996 Kentucky team, which won its six by 129.

In a matchup of two top seeds, they wore down the Boilermakers (34-5), who made it this far a year after becoming just the second No. 1 in the history of March Madness to fall in the first round. But Purdue left the same way it came B次元官网网址� still looking for the programB次元官网网址檚 first NCAA title.

So much for the free-for-all this new age of the transfer portal and name, image and likeness deals was supposed to become. UConn has figured out how to dominate and replenish its roster with players who understand their roles.

Cam Spencer, a transfer from Rutgers, Stephon Castle, a blue-chip freshman, and Alex Karaban, a sophomore from last yearB次元官网网址檚 team, spent the night guarding the 3-point line and making life miserable for PurdueB次元官网网址檚 guards.

B次元官网网址淭hey just made a decision B次元官网网址� we can defend the perimeter, and we can take this away from you, youB次元官网网址檙e going to get the ball to your best player, heB次元官网网址檒l be 1-on-1, and thatB次元官网网址檚 that,B次元官网网址� Purdue coach Matt Painter said.

This was only the second time this season Purdue didnB次元官网网址檛 put up 10 3-point attempts, and how B次元官网网址檅out this final score: Edey 37, the rest of the Boilermakers 23.

How serious was Hurley about defending the perimeter? When Braden Smith wiggled loose for a semi-open look to make PurdueB次元官网网址檚 first 3 of the game with 2:17 left in the first half, the coach bolted onto the floor and called timeout.

And that was that from behind the arc.

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With his Xs-and-Os masterpiece, Hurley joins former Florida coach Billy Donovan in the back-to-back club, and is in company with Bill Self and Rick Pitino as only the third active coach with two championships. B次元官网网址 broke over the weekend that , and the UConn coachB次元官网网址檚 name has come up there.

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No way the Huskies would want to lose him.

Hurley earned every penny in this one. In the first half, he begged with, swore at and generally berated the refs about over-the-backs, elbows and hip checks that werenB次元官网网址檛 called.

Once, when that didnB次元官网网址檛 work after Edey set a hard (and probably legal) pick against Castle, Hurley started in on Edey himself as the center walked toward the Purdue bench for a timeout.

But the coachB次元官网网址檚 best work came in whatever hotel room he used to draw up the game plan.

B次元官网网址淭he whole game plan was no Smith, no Loyer, no Jones, no Gillis,B次元官网网址� Hurley said, as he ticked off the last names of the Purdue guards. B次元官网网址淲e knew if we keep them below 18, 20 points as a group, and they had no chance to win, no matter how well Zach played.B次元官网网址�

ItB次元官网网址檚 no slight on Edey, who battled gamely, finishing with 10 rebounds to record his 30th double-double of the season. But this game proved the number crunchers and analytics experts right. UConn let Edey back in and back down all night on 7-2 Donovan Clingan, giving up difficult 2s in the post in exchange for any 3s.

B次元官网网址淭hey only doubled late in the second half, but by that point we had dug ourselves too deep of a hole,B次元官网网址� Fletcher Loyer said.

The defensive dominance put the finishing touch on a tournament in which UConnB次元官网网址檚 average margin of victory was 23.3 points. Sure, Hurley might have to replace two or three of these players, but the coach said heB次元官网网址檒l worry about that in a week or two.

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