UConn played its first serious road game of the season late Wednesday in Florida. Heading out, some thought it would be the Husky’s first real test. Rather, it was another easy win for the Huskies, with Dan Hurley’s team shooting 51.7% from the field, 36.8% from three-point range, and 88.9% from free throws to push the Huskies to a 10-0 he We won 75-54. His 82-67 win over Alabama and 71-53 win over Iowa State, both ranked in his 10 wins, were all in his double digits.
“They came out on the road and put it on us,” said Florida big Collin Castleton, who missed 10 of the 14 shots he took in the 21-point loss. Bigs Adama Sanogo and Donovan Klingan combined for 33 points and 15 rebounds in 16 of 22 games from the field.
“Depth is key to who we are,” Hurley said. You can play a game down, you can play an uptempo game, you can play big, you can play small, and depth is what makes this whole thing work.”
UConn remains No. 4 in the CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 Daily College Basketball Rankings, updated Thursday morning. They more or less blew out five top 50 KenPom teams in a row, placing second in the NET rankings and having the most wins in Quadrant 1 alongside Purdue making him three . Arguably they are great, but so are Houston, Purdue and Virginia, each undefeated in strong computer numbers. until one of these teams loses.
This is guaranteed to happen soon!
Houston will play in Virginia next weekend, so one of them will lose. As for Purdue and UConn, it could honestly take a while. KenPom currently predicts Purdue to be the favorite in each of his next 14 matches, while UConn currently predicts him to be the favorite in literally every match between now and Selection Sunday.
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