Don’t let the absence of all four No. 1 seeds give off the false impression that next weekend’s Final Four is wide open.
The way UConn bulldozed through what was considered to be the NCAA tournament’s strongest region, the Huskies have emerged as unassailable title favorites.
UConn blew past a fourth straight opponent on Saturday night, securing its first trip to the Final Four in nine years with an 82-54 demolition of previously surging Gonzaga at the West regional final in Las Vegas. In what was hyped as a matchup of two of the best teams remaining in the field, the Huskies built a seven-point halftime lead, tripled that in the opening five-plus minutes of the second half and extended that to as many as 33 before mercifully pulling their starters.