Based on how the UConn men’s basketball team has played this season, it was already a pretty safe bet to make the NCAA Tournament prior to Saturday's matchup against Xavier. Every major bracketology forecast had the Huskies in the Big Dance for the second year in a row. But with UConn’s emotional 72-61 win over the Musketeers, ESPN’s John Gasaway now has the Huskies as a lock for the tournament, joining Providence and Villanova.
While the update really means nothing — Gasaway and ESPN don’t have any say on who makes the tournament and who doesn’t — the “lock” prediction does make sense.