The ceiling is a national championship and the floor is a third straight empty March.
There may not be a more fascinating team to follow this month than Dan Hurley’s Huskies.
Hurley has elevated the program in five years, putting together top-notch recruiting classes and will reach his third straight NCAA Tournament when the pairings are announced next Sunday. But they have high expectations in the Nutmeg State. Strong regular seasons are not enough. Neither are fourth-place finishes in league play.
They do appear to be soaring at the right time, entering this week’s Big East Tournament riding a five-game winning streak after cooling off Villanova on Saturday night in Philadelphia. Then again, last year’s team seemed ready to explode as well, winning seven of eight games before a narrow Big East Tournament semifinal loss to Villanova was followed by an upset loss to 12th-seeded New Mexico State in the Dance.
This group certainly has the potential to break through. It is deep and extremely talented, led by potential NBA first-round pick Jordan Hawkins. UConn is one of only two teams, along with Houston, ranked in the top 12 in both offensive and defensive efficiency. It is 12-6 in Quad 1 and 2 games and its last three losses have come by a combined seven points.
The Huskies are absolutely a Final Four contender and could wind up as high as a three-seed. They will almost certainly be sent to Albany for the first weekend, and could be at Madison Square Garden for the second weekend. The school’s best March since winning it all in 2014 is in play. But so is another disappointing finish, just like the last two years. That ugly stretch in January, when they lost six of eight games, did happen.
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