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It Was a 'Shot for the Ages'
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'Legendary'
Shot That
Sank Duke
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Mar 30, 2026 6:47 AM CDT

See the 'Legendary' Shot That Sank Duke

UConn's Braylon Mullins enters March Madness lore

(Newser) - The men's Final Four is set, and top-seeded Duke is not among them. The reason? UConn freshman Braylon Mullins sank a long 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds that has left sportswriters in awe:
  • See it: Watch the moment here , or here .
  • Legend: The Washington Post calls the 35-foot rainbow
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Luke Murray Takes Spotlight From Father

UConn assistant, cheered from stands by Bill Murray, wins top job at Boston College

(Newser) - Bill Murray's cheering for his son has paid off, in a couple of ways. Boston College on Thursday named Luke Murray, a UConn assistant, its new men's basketball coach, handing him his first head job after back-to-back national titles with the Huskies. Boston College's athletic director called...

UConn Joins Elite Group With 2nd Straight NCAA Title

Not many other teams have consecutive repeat wins

(Newser) - UConn delivered the latest of its suffocating basketball beatdowns Monday night, smothering Purdue for a 75-60 victory to become the first team since 2007 to capture back-to-back national championships, the AP reports. Tristen Newton scored 20 points for the Huskies, who won their 12th straight March Madness game—not a...

Watch the Shot That Knocks Out Mighty UConn

Notre Dame women advance to finals

(Newser) - UConn coach Geno Auriemma and the Huskies have dropped two of their last 149 games. Last-second overtime shots ended their season each time. At the Final Four. A year after their 111-game winning streak was stopped by a historic shot by Morgan William and Mississippi State, the Huskies fell Friday...

UConn's 88-Point Blowout Is Bad for the Sport
An 88-Point Win Is
Nothing to Cheer About
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Mar 18, 2018 12:16 PM CDT

An 88-Point Win Is Nothing to Cheer About

Sports writer criticizes UConn coach after blowout

(Newser) - It was no surprise that women's NCAA powerhouse UConn knocked off 16th seed Saint Francis on Saturday, but the magnitude of the win is raising questions about sportsmanship. Consider that Connecticut won by 88, along the way setting a tournament record for total points (140) as well as all-time...

Arrests After UConn Student Killed in Freak Accident

Jeffny Pally, 19, died in October after being run over by a fire department vehicle

(Newser) - A freak accident left the University of Connecticut reeling in October; now, six arrests may have it reeling once more. Jeffny Pally was sitting up against a garage bay door at a fire station near her dorm on the Storrs campus around 1:15am when the door opened as fire...

UConn Student Killed in Freak Fire Truck Accident

Jeffny Pally, 19, was run over early Sunday

(Newser) - The University of Connecticut community is reeling after a 19-year-old sophomore was struck and killed by a campus fire truck early Sunday, reports the Hartford Courant . Jeffny Pally was sitting up against a garage bay door at a fire station on the Storrs campus around 1:15am when the door...

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