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GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The No. 1-seeded UConn Huskies are on the precipice of completing a rare feat, becoming the first repeat champions in college basketball since Florida in 2007.
The No. 1-seeded Purdue Boilermakers are one win from duplicating the unprecedented turnaround arc executed by Virginia in 2019 -- rebounding from losing to a No. 16 seed in the NCAA tournament by winning the entire tournament the next year.
Regardless of which improbable quest comes to fruition Monday night, the meeting of UConn and Purdue in the men's championship of the NCAA tournament will mark a high-wattage collision for two teams that dominated the sport for much of the past two seasons.