UConn routs Gonzaga 82-54 for first Final Four in 9 years

Jordan Hawkins scored 20 points, earning UConn its first trip to the Final Four in nine years with an 82-54 blowout of Gonzaga on Saturday night.

LAS VEGAS — LAS VEGAS (AP) — The critique of UConn under coach Dan Hurley had been the program’s inability to win in March.

Consecutive first-round NCAA Tournament exits meant the Huskies were good, not great — certainly not anywhere in league with the UConn women’s program.

In perhaps the maddest March of all, Huskies proved they are elite again, putting in another dominating performance a few hours after the UConn women had a rare misstep.

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