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The UConn men's basketball team has taken a 37-24 lead over Miami into the Final Four halftime at NRG Stadium in Houston. The winner of the game will face ...

It will be the first NCAA national championship game for the UConn Huskies since 2014. The Huskies got off to a quick start Saturday, going up 9-0 within the ...

Miami cut the lead down to 10 points again before the Huskies regained momentum. The Huskies got off to a quick start Saturday, going up 9-0 within the first five minutes of the game. Up 10 points, UConn forward Alex Karaban knocked down a three-pointer at the buzzer to give the Huskies a 37-24 lead heading into the half.

UConn doled out another drama-free beatdown Saturday, getting 21 points and 10 rebounds from Sanogo to dispatch Miami 72-59 and move one win from the ...

They're one of the best offenses in the country, and we really disrupted them." The Huskies are the sixth team since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985 to reach the title game with five straight double-digit victories. It's an impressive list of behemoths with a knack for closing: Four of the first five went on to win the championship. "And I think it's fitting that both of us kind of earned our way into this title game." "There's a lot of teams that want to play Monday," Sanogo said. Against fifth-seeded Miami, they were the best team on the court from beginning to end.

Interstate 95 Express northbound entrance and southbound exit points are moving back to original, permanent locations. Construction starts April 2.

“Drivers who miss the entry point for the northbound 95 Express lanes should not cross the double white lines or over the poles as this is dangerous and illegal,” Gonzalez said. Installation of plastic poles on the northbound 95 Express Lanes will begin at 9 p.m. Sunday at the north end and moves south every night until all the poles have been installed to Northwest 29th Street, according to Tish Burgher, communications manager for Florida Department of Transportation’s Miami-Dade and Monroe counties’ district. and 5:30 a.m. Installation of plastic poles on the southbound 95 Express lanes begins at 9 p.m. ▪ Sunday, April 2, through Wednesday, April 5: All southbound 95 Express lanes will be closed from the Golden Glades Interchange to I-195/SR 112 between 9 p.m.

The Miami men's basketball team struggled on offense and lost to the UConn Huskies 72-59 in the Hurricanes' first trip to Final Four of the NCAA Tournament.

“We had been to the tournament, made the round of 32, but it’s amazing to see these guys take it to the next level. UM went on a 7-0 run, got to within eight points of the Huskies on a Wong three-pointer with 11 minutes to go, but never got closer. “It means so much, because at the end of the day, Miami is an amazing university, but it’s never been known as a basketball school,” McClinton said. “One of the best offenses in the country and we really disrupted them. But Miami fans hung onto a sliver of hope because the “Cardiac Canes,” as this team has been nicknamed, had pulled off some stunning comebacks in recent weeks. 2 seed Texas led Miami by 13 midway through the second half, and the Hurricanes chipped away and came out with a seven-point win. “Being in the Final Four for the first time in school’s history, the guys being a little bit anxious, and we really never were able to just relax and play our game,” he said. “I just loved the way we guarded them,” he said. The guys will have great memories, though, of the entire season, some of the great wins we have had. He reminded his team at the meeting Friday night that the mental and emotional preparation had to be as it had every other game. After the game, UM coach Jim Larranaga gathered his players and told them of the theme of the old T.V. The four-time national champions, playing in their sixth Final Four, looked like a team that had been there before and overwhelmed Miami 72-59 to advance to Monday’s championship game.