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Donovan Clingan is leaving UConn for the NBA after two seasons, two national titles
STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Donovan Clingan is leaving UConn after two seasons and entering the NBA draft, the 7-foot-2 center announced Friday, four days after he helped lead the Huskies to a second straight national title. Clingan, a sophomore from Bristol, Connecticut, posted his...
Purdue's Zach Edey joins Ralph Sampson as two-time winners of the John R. Wooden Award
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Zach Edey of Purdue became the second two-time John R. Wooden Award winner as the nation’s top men’s college basketball player on Wednesday. The 7-foot-4 center joins Virginia’s Ralph Sampson, who won in 1982 and ’83. Edey led the nation...
UConn finishes at No. 1 in first post-March Madness AP Top 25 poll after run to repeat NCAA title
UConn finished atop the first Associated Press Top 25 men's college basketball poll to be released after March Madness following its run to the first back-to-back national championship in 17 years. The Huskies (37-3) topped all 58 ballots Tuesday, coming roughly 12 hours after they...
UConn concludes a dominant run to its 2nd straight NCAA title, beating Zach Edey and Purdue 75-60
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — A basketball beatdown. A coaching clinic. A double-digit domination. Take one guess who finished off a romp through college basketball again. You bet, it’s UConn — a team built to win now, and often, and by a lot every time it takes the court. ...
Purdue's Zach Edey laid it all out in the NCAA title game. It wasn't enough to top UConn
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Zach Edey kept a stoic expression as he descended the steps from the court to leave UConn's championship celebration behind. It was the start of a long walk, and Edey seemed determined to keep his composure even as there were glimpses of the emotions teeming...
UConn uses strategy of shutting down Purdue's perimeter shooters to get decisive victory
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — UConn left Donovan Clingan on the loneliest island, stuck deep in the paint to wrestle massive Purdue center Zach Edey. Even when Edey bulled his way to shots at the rim, the Huskies refused to give their big man help, knowing the two-time national player of...
Purdue's Jones has been a perfect transfer fit in a March Madness run to the NCAA title game
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Lance Jones spent four years developing his game at a mid-major program before deciding to enter the transfer portal. The payoff came in March Madness, both for Purdue at every step of what became the best season in program history and for Jones in playing...
UConn and Purdue meet in the National Championship.
Purdue Boilermakers (34-4, 18-4 Big Ten) vs. UConn Huskies (36-3, 21-2 Big East) Glendale, Arizona; Monday, 9:20 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Huskies -7; over/under is 145.5 BOTTOM LINE: No. 1 UConn takes on No. 3 Purdue in the NCAA Tournament...
Purdue's Painter draws closer to an elusive title by doing things the old-fashioned way
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Other Big Ten coaches walked into the high school point guard's living room and told him lots of things he wanted to hear, and very little he did not. The coach at Purdue at the time, Gene Keady, informed the recruit that if he signed with the Boilermakers, he'd either need...
Purdue's Zach Edey and UConn's Donovan Clingan anchoring the middle in national title game
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The national championship game will be a beefy one. In one corner of the paint is Zach Edey, Purdue's 7-foot-4, 300-pound unstoppable force. Opposite him will be Donovan Clingan, UConn's 7-2, 280-pound game-altering center. One big man is...
