We can go ahead and keep this short because it’s Casual Friday, am I right?
The Iowa Hawkeyes (3-0) will face the Connecticut Huskies (3-0) in the final of the 2K Empire Classic, which is pretty cool, even though it’s a four-team tournament.
UConn finds themselves in this position after beating Jim Boeheim and the Syracuse Orange, 83-76. Go figure that would be the higher scoring of the two semifinal games? They rode the hot shooting of their guards, Alterique Gilbert and Christian Vital, as they combined for 27 points on 8/9 shooting from downtown. Their 12/21 shooting from deep as a team was their best performance on the young season.