STORRS, Conn. — Connecticut’s pregame huddle lasted for a while.
Gampel Pavilion, the site of Monday’s second-round game and the Huskies’ home arena, was far too loud — even an hour before tipoff — to decipher what was being said. But when the Huskies’ players emerged from their midcourt gathering, they bounced, skipped and bopped to the music blasting from the arena’s speakers with the relaxed confidence of a team that had regularly been in these types of high-stakes elimination games.
In the end, that experience was needed, as seventh-seeded Central Florida gave the Huskies, a No.