The Huskies were trailing at the half but Daniel Hamilton led an impressive comeback effort to propel UConn into the second round.
Whatever Kevin Ollie said in his reportedly brief halftime speech, clearly it was enough.
The 9th-seeded Huskies erased a nine-point halftime deficit, defeating 8-seeded Colorado, 74-67 in the first round of the NCAA tournament at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday afternoon. Daniel Hamilton once again came up big, Rodney Purvis knocked down shots from the perimeter and the UConn defense clamped down after the break, setting up a potential date with top-seeded Kansas on Saturday.