March has traditionally been UConn's time of the year.
Jim Calhoun started the tradition when he coached the Huskies to NCAA championships in 1999, 2004 and 2011, turning them into a storied program. Now Kevin Ollie, who won a title himself in 2014, is attempting to continue it.
The Huskies, who finished in fifth-place in the American regular season, have come to life in dramatic fashion this week in the quarterfinals of The American Championship – first with a dramatic four-overtime marathon victory against Cincinnati and an impressive 77-62 victory over top seeded, regular-season champion Temple in Saturday's semifinals at the Amway Center to advance to the championship game for a third straight year.