Tarris Reed Jr. had 17 points and 14 rebounds as No. 6 UConn cruised past Xavier 93-68 on Thursday night in the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament, bouncing back from a costly loss last weekend in the regular-season finale. The Huskies (28-4) led by 22 in the first half against Xavier (15-18), which got as close as 13 early in the second before coach Dan Hurley's team pulled away again and left no doubt. Hurley was animated at times on the sideline but stayed in the game until it was ov...
Sixth-ranked UConn bounced back from Saturday's loss at Marquette by rolling over Xavie in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament on Thursday night.
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After sixth-ranked UConn opened the Big East Tournament by rolling over Xavier in the quarterfinals Thursday night, Dan Hurley's mind was still on the Huskies' surprising defeat in their regular-season finale. “It was great to get back on the court after the choke job over the weekend,” Hurley said, referring to a 68-62 loss at Marquette on Saturday. “Now obviously it would be illegal, so I couldn’t accept it,” Hurley said.
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