'They missed the moon. They landed among the stars.'
During the first timeout at NRG Stadium, they introduced the four astronauts chosen for NASA’s Artemis II scheduled to circle the moon next year, the first crewed mission to venture that far into outer space in more than 50 years.It failed. They missed the moon. They landed among the stars.There were the inevitable tears in the locker room following Connecticut’s 76-59 victory against the Aztecs in the national championship game Monday night.
On offense, their posts got position too low in the lane. On defense, they blocked or bothered SDSU’s attempts to dump the ball inside and score in the lane. The Aztecs did what they always do and came roaring back, cutting a 15-point deficit to five with five minutes to go, but all that did was wake up the beasts from the East. A 9-0 run extinguished any fleeing dreams of an upset by 7.5-point underdogs, matching the largest in a national championship game in the 2000s.
UConn won the opening tip and took a 2-0 lead on a jumper by Hawkins from almost the exact spot where Butler released his Saturday night that beat the buzzer and Florida Atlantic. But then Butler drained a 3. Two possessions later, Trammell, not realizing the shot clock had been reset, launched a contested 3 from the right corner. Good.Johnson scored inside, and Matt Bradley turn-around in the lane rolled around the rim and dropped – 10-6, Aztecs.
That got it to six. With 5:19 left, it was down to five after Johnson free throws working inside against the smaller Hawkins.
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