GLENDALE, Ariz. — With exactly six minutes left in Monday night’s national championship game, UConn guard Tristen Newton zoomed a pass to a cutting Stephon Castle, who skipped past Zach Edey in the paint and laid in an ordinary layup. Except it was only ordinary in execution, because that basket put the Huskies up 17 points, their largest lead of the night.
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Consider that the moment the hourglass flipped, and time started ticking until UConn’s looming championship celebration.
Minutes later, the confetti cannons inside State Farm Arena erupted, finalizing UConn’s 75-60 win over Purdue in Monday’s national title game and immortalizing Dan Hurley’s Huskies, who accomplished what no college basketball team
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