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UConn is the team to beat in March Madness' Final Four — and the Huskies know it
After years in the wilderness, UConn is back in the men's Final Four and has the look of a team that is going to bring home the national championship.
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"The history and tradition, it helps you in recruiting,” Hurley said. “We sold it to these guys that we had done it here before (and) we can do it again, but it becomes a little bit of a mental hurdle. Like the early rounds of NCAA tournament where you feel like maybe the burden of history and tradition in first- and second-round games. When you coach at Rhode Island, you’re not always getting everyone’s best shot. When you’re at UConn, you get the other team’s best shot every night. So the climb to get to this point has been real, and it’s been more challenging than I thought.”
“It’s the biggest shoes in the entire country to fill to play for this university,” Jackson said. "Great history, great players, great coaching, championships on both sides, men’s and women’s. It feels great to make it this far, but we know what the UConn standard is. And this isn’t far enough.”