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UConn doled out another drama-free drubbing Saturday, getting 21 points and 10 rebounds from Adama Sanogo to dispatch Miami 72-59 and move one win from the school’s fifth national title.

UConn's Andre Jackson may have raised some eyebrows with this answer.

HOUSTON — The band blared and the fans filled the lower bowl at NRG Stadium as the UConn men put on a show during their open practice Friday; there were smiles and laughter. Dan Hurley, hands behind his back, just watched and smiled like an artist admiring his finished painting.

About eight minutes before Connecticut’s encounter with Miami in the Final Four on Saturday, Huskies big man Adama Sanogo will down some coconut water and oranges.

STORRS, Conn. — With all of its uniqueness on both ends of the floor and all of the pieces that can come into the game and provide different looks, the UConn men’s basketball team has proven to make for an extremely difficult scout and especially benefited in nonconference play because…

STORRS, Conn. — The UConn men’s basketball program’s third national title, in 2011, came after what many remember as one of the worst national championship games in the history of the tournament. Three-seeded UConn beat No. 8 seed Butler, 53-41, after the Bulldogs put together a record-low scoring performance.

A losing stretch threatened to derail everything. Instead, the Huskies stayed the course, and are now reaping the benefits in their Final Four run.

The Huskies coach is superstitious, and one garment may be inspiring his team.

Tristen Newton received a “whole bunch” of phone calls when he entered his name into the transfer portal after three seasons at mid-major East Carolina University, during the last of which he averaged 17.7 points, 5 assists and 4.8 rebounds per game.

STORRS, Conn. — The UConn men’s basketball team entered this year’s NCAA Tournament feeling the pressure to just advance past the first round having not done it in nine years.

Three out of the four teams headed to Houston are playing in their first Final Four, but only two can advance to compete for the NCAA tournament title.