UConn headlines a bracket that features seventh-ranked Iowa State as the 2-seed, No. 13 Illinois as the 3 and No. 12 Auburn as the 4.
Connecticut opened the season with uncertainty about how well the Huskies would replace major pieces from last year's run to the national championship.Any questions have been answered. The second-ranked Huskies entered the NCAA Tournament as the overall No. 1 seed, headlining the East Region bracket that runs close to home.
1 overall seed in program history," coach Dan Hurley said after the Huskies won their first Big East Tournament title since 2011 on Saturday night, "so this is a group that seems to be making history in a place that it's hard to make history." Hurley's analysis went a step further, adding that UConn has "clearly been the best program in the country this year." It's hard to argue otherwise.
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