The Connecticut men’s basketball team has endured so many tribulations in recent weeks. The Huskies walked into hotel rooms that had been soiled when they arrived in Las Vegas. Their bus was broken into while they were at practice. And Justin Hawkins, their star guard, was curled up on the floor of his hotel room on Friday, stricken with illness and complaining about some calamari.
As for difficulties on the basketball court?
Those were trifling matters for the Huskies, who after blitzing their way to the title game, showed they had a rock-solid chin and cool hand in turning back San Diego State, 76-59, to win their fifth title in the last 25 years.