UConn crowned the champion of March Madness 2023, closing the craziest NCAA Tournament in history
On the day the NBA took a break to give up the entire "stage" for the March Madness men's final, the UConn Huskies team defeated San Diego State with a score of 76-59 to win the 5th NCAA championship.
This 17-point victory closed the Huskies' most sublime season, overwhelming nearly every opponent at the 2023 NCAA Tournament with an average of nearly 20 points.
Before entering the final, coach Dan Hurley and his team defeated Iona 24 points, St. Mary 15 points, Arkansas 23 points, Gonzaga 28 points and Miami 13 points, respectively. UConn was able to aim for a record point difference if he beat San Diego State by 26 points, but the efforts of the Aztecs team kept the number at 17.
Surprisingly, the San Diego State Aztecs started the game better, playing sublime in the first few minutes of the first half. But suddenly SDSU "starved" for 11 minutes straight and let UConn create a 12-point advantage in the half. early game.
Although the Aztecs revived in the second half and at one point closed the gap to 5 points (55-60 with 5 minutes and 19 seconds left), this effort immediately received a cold water from the Huskies.
From here until the end of the match, UConn closed the competition with a 16-4 run to win the championship in front of more than 72,000 spectators. This is the fifth time UConn Huskies has won the NCAA Tournament championship in the school's history
Leading UConn's March Madness championship effort this season is Adama Sanogo, bigman born in 2002, 2m06 tall and Malian. Sanogo was honored as the best player of the Final Four stage (semi-final and final).
Particularly in the final, the person who scored the most points for the Huskies was Tristen Newton with 19 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals. Adama Sanogo is right behind with a double-double including 17 points, 10 rebounds and 1 block.
On the SDSU side, Keshad Johnson, Darrion Trammell and Lamont Butler lead with 14, 13 and 13 points, respectively.
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UConn's win ended one of the craziest March Madness in history. This was the first time since the tournament began in 1979 that no 1st seeded team made it to the quarterfinals (Elite Eight).
The four top-seeded teams representing the region including Purdue, Kansas, Houston and Alabama were all eliminated. In it, Purdue even had to say goodbye to the tournament in the first round.
Only one high-seeded team, Texas (2), made it to the Elite Eight, but this team was also eliminated by lower seed Miami (5).
Florida Athletic's (FAU) season cannot be missed. Ranked as the 9th seed, the FAU defeated Fair Dickinson (the team that eliminated the No. 1 seed Purdue), Tennessee (4) and Kansas State, respectively. (3) to enter the Final Four stage.
