| 2024 NCAA CHAMPIONS | |
 | #1-East Regional Champions |
| University of Connecticut Huskies (37-3) 6th Title | |
| 2024 WINNINGEST CONFERENCE | |
 | The Atlantic Coast Conference (12-4) 9th Time |
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
UCONN, DESTROYER OF TEAMS
Flying Ace wins 1st pool; Zippy’sWife Nets Bonus; 71 picked UConn
49% SOLAR ELCIPSE, CA (smt) – #1E-UConn let #1MW-Purdue’s Zach Edey get two points at a time (ended with 37 pts, a good number in garbage time) while the Huskies allowed just one three while hitting six en route to a 75-60 rout to complete the back-to-back championships. UConn never panicked and methodically destroyed their 12th straight tournament team by 13 or more points.
UConn dominated opponents for a second straight year, this time averaging a record 23.3 points per win for six games (since ’85). UConn spread their love again with four of the starters in double-figures in points and all with at least 5 rebounds.
Purdue failed to duplicate Virginia’s accomplishment of losing to a #16 seed and winning the title a year later. Like Iowa in the Women’s final, the team seemed to believe too much of the hype of their star player and forgot they were good as well, as Edey scored 37 of the 60 points (61.6%) and took 46.2% of the shots (Clark scored 40% of Iowa’s points and took 44.4% of the shots). The loss extends the Big Ten’s title drought to 24 years (23 tourneys).
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