Uconn is the peak in time, which may spell trouble for the rest of the Great East

The watch had just hit midnight in Manhattan. The Big East Tournament championship turned on Thursday to Friday, and Uconn Huskies, ranked No. 3 themselves in a narrow battle with the sixth seeded Villanova with a spot in the semi -finals on the line.

And when the UNCONN leader, Alex Karaban.

The big stage is not new for Karaban, the man who will compete with the winning percentage almost anyone in Stores. The novice striker drained three times with a survival of 6:18 in the game to give the separation of Contect in what was an unclear battle.

After a few minutes, only when it seemed that Wildcats may have been able to collect another increase, Karaban was buried with a 3 -minute dagger to say a good night to Villanova, and the good morning of the remaining three teams in the championship: St. Jones, Market and Crypton.

Are the strong structures what was last year? no. But they still have the heroic DNA and shoot at the elite level, and this time of the year, will give you a shot against almost anyone.

Huskies 5 out of 3 out of 3 points in the second half and the game was closed in the range 22-5 on its way to winning 73-56 against Wildcats. The Huskies team will send the semi -finals and the rubber match with Creightton at 9 pm on Friday at Fox.

Huskies did not do this with the shooting at the elite level Thursday evening. They closed the country’s top scorer, Eric Dixon, who is holding only eight points in the final match in his university career. Uconn has finished Dixon series of 47 consecutive games with double numbers, which is now a line that now belongs to Marquette Star Kam Jones. In doing this, the Huskies team also denied the record of the Kerry Kittles program, which scored 2,243 points, with a large sitting in the fifth year at 2235 points.

But more importantly, for Karaban and the customs of the structure is that the team seems to reach its peak in the perfect time, and win its fifth game in a row.

“It is a march, and those around her here, we are desperate to championships,” said Karaban. “We have to play our best basketball in this time of the year. There is no other way. Wearing this Uconn Jersey, you have to play with some boasts, especially in March where the championships are winning.”

Karaban ended the match with 18 points, nine rebounds and six decisive passes, while Liam McNley followed him with 12 points, and Solo Paul and Samson Johnson were 11 points.

Besides the balanced crime, the Huskies team won the rebound battle, 31-22, and used their bodies to close the game.

“I found it encouraging that we were five at the end of the first half,” said UNCONN coach Dan Hurley. “I think we are closing a game like this to start the post -season, it shows a plan for what is possible for this team.”

Somehow, the Huskies team reminded everyone of what it was possible after they felt that their season was heading in the wrong direction after losing 68-62 against St. John on February 7. But then, Uconn Avengeld made an early defeat to Creightton by beating Bluejays behind 38 points of McNeelyy.

Returning Friday night game for several reasons. For beginners, Cretton coach Greg McDiremot is 8-4 against Hurley in his career. Uconn is trying to advance to Big East Title for the second year in a row, something they have not achieved since 2011, before doing this last season. Meanwhile, Creton has reached the semi -finals of the Great East Championship four times since 2014, but it has not yet won it.

In what has developed to become a competition since Huskies returned to the league, the semi -final match on Friday night can deliver the goods while it will likely be the final match of Ryan Kalkbrenner against Connecticut.

But late Thursday evening, until the early hours of Friday morning, Hurley was all smiling after watching his team, the second dominant half. Huskies has a team that is completely stipulated in a time.

“I loaned, so I am a Catholic practitioner,” said Hurley, a muffled laugh after the match. “I returned to the hotel room and a slice of cheese pizza for me. Then, we will move to the great team that is Creight.”

John Vanta is an anchor and national basketball writer in Fox Sports. It covers sport in a variety of capabilities, from connecting to the FS1 games to working as a major host on the Big East Digital Network to provide comments in the field of 68 media networks. Follow it in john_fanta.

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