Takeaways: UConn can’t finish it off against Creighton

Somewhere in middle America, it was a tight game all around, with No. 21 UConn men’s basketball walking across the edge of where a win meets a loss just like it was walking across a wire in a circus. Ultimately, No. 23 Creighton got revenge for the 69-60 Husky victory last month, as the Bluejays were 56-53 winners on Saturday.

Here’s what we learned over the weekend:

Dan Hurley’s gameplan worked

Dan Madigan: Hurley’s gameplay for Creighton was remarkably simple — lean on one of his best players to neutralize one of the Bluejays’ stars. The Adama Sanogo-Ryan Kalkbrenner rivalry delivered once again on Saturday, with Hurley utilizing Sanogo more than ever as a 3-point threat to keep Kalkbrenner,…