UConn men’s basketball has reached the Big East Tournament Semifinals for the second-straight season after a dominant 62-52 win over Seton Hall on Thursday night. Here are some takeaways from the Huskies’ first tournament win of the season.
A defensive masterclass
Dan Madigan: It’s really hard to overstate how well UConn’s defense played last night. The Huskies held Seton Hall to just 18 first half points, the Pirates’ lowest total of the season. Isaiah Whaley controlled the area around the rim with four of UConn’s seven blocks, and Andre Jackson seemingly covered everything else, deflecting countless passes and disrupting any chance of any Seton Hall comebacks.