In a different world, this game could’ve been a classic. In an alternate reality where Connecticut didn’t lose Alterique Gilbert, Mamadou Diarra, and Terry Larrier to season-ending injuries in November, and then lose Vance Jackson for concussion symptoms this week, this game might have been for the AAC title.
When the schedule was first released, this was the game everyone circled on their calendar. A head-to-head battle on senior night, in Storrs, the big rematch of the four-overtime AAC tournament thriller, and the two teams picked to win the conference in the preseason.
Instead, this one was essentially over halfway through the first half of the game.