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CINCINNATI — The UConn men’s basketball, looking for a second straight win over a ranked conference opponent, ran into a desperate Xavier team and dropped a 74-68 Big East decision at the Cintas Center on Friday night.

STORRS, Conn. — Through all the adversity the No. 8 UConn Huskies have been through this year, they’ve tried to embrace a mentality that someone’s absence provides another player the opportunity to step up, and that as long as they have five players on the floor, they have a chance…

HARTFORD, Conn. — Sunday’s win over Tennessee may have represented the promise of this UConn women’s basketball team, but a mere three days later, on the same court in Hartford where the Huskies demolished a then-top-10 team, Wednesday featured an unraveling.

UConn coach Dan Hurley crept out to center court, puffed his chest out and jumped to connect with Jordan Hawkins on a chest bump after the freshman’s 3 forced a Marquette timeout. The UConn men’s basketball team was finally playing with a swagger Hurley had wanted.