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The Huskies chose to let Zach Edey do this thing inside but held one of the nation’s best 3-point shooting teams to one 3-point basket and became the first team in 17 years to repeat as national champions.
Tristen Newton (20 points) and the Huskies smother the Boilermakers, 75-60, to become the first back-to-back national champs since 2007. Zach Edey scores 37 for Purdue, but UConn limits the country’s second-best 3-point shooting team to 1 for 7 from behind the arc.
The Huskies chose to let Zach Edey do this thing inside but held one of the nation’s best 3-point shooting teams to one 3-point basket and became the first team in 17 years to repeat as national champions.