Christina Rende

[Storrs Central @StorrsCentral]

Dan Hurley with an updated shot of the team’s locker room wall featuring Tarris Reed Jr,, Jordan Hawkins, Alex Karaban, Donovan Clingan, Ryan Boatright, Andre Jackson Jr. & Shabazz Napier

“It’s all about the front of the jersey!”

(Via @dhurley15)

[Rated_Robynne @RatedR4Robynne]

There is a 600% chance this is a staged assassination attempt

[Victor Shi @Victorshi2020]

We should all be able to fully condemn & denounce any and all types of political violence, while finding it absolutely odd and absurd that the president is using this national moment to boast about his ballroom & how great of a job he has done has president.

[Christopher David @Tazerface16]

Why does this feel like a kid calling in a bomb threat to his school in order to get out of a test? 😏

[BonkDaCarnivore @BonkDaCarnivore]

Trump has skipped EVERY correspondant's dinner across his presidencies. Except this one.

And all of a sudden there's a shooter in the lobby

Ok.

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

Trump just used the shooting to sell his illegal ballroom to the American people.

[Christina Rende @cmrende]

@mmpadellan Staged

[Christina Rende @cmrende]

@adamscochran And in his press conference he said this is why they need the new ballroom at the White House. Hmmm…

[Storrs Central @StorrsCentral]

Tarris Reed Jr. thanks UConn Nation in an Instagram post today:

"The journey meant everything. Thank you, Storrs, Connecticut."

[Step Back Cardiac Review @CardiacCTReview]

Happy Birthday to the Bringer of Rain! 🌧️

In honor of Braylon’s 20th birthday today everyone must watch this 20 more times

[Christina Rende @cmrende]

@MassDOT here’s a thought…filling potholes on 95 South (Dedham/Westwood) during the morning commute is NOT A GOOD IDEA. Who decided that closing 2 lanes of traffic before 9 am would be okay? Might want to re-think your strategy. Signed, everyone trying to get to work on time.

[Mad Dog Sports Radio @MadDogRadio]

"My brain works… in a weird Larry David 'Curb Your Enthusiasm,' meets Billy Bob Thornton kind of way."

#UConn HC Dan Hurley tells @AdamSchein the story of his lack of pants in the locker room postgame and solving the mystery of his missing pin ⤵️

[Christina Rende @cmrende]

Truth.

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

“HOLY FUCKING SHIT”

- Dan Hurley’s Mom was all of us after that shot

[Christina Rende @cmrende]

This.

[Jared Kotler @JaredKotler]

I can’t get enough of the celebration videos. The ones with family. The ones from bars filled with people. The ones from the game itself. What a special moment. Connecticut is such a special place. Enjoy it everyone

[UConn Huskies @UConnHuskies]

The Shot. The Reactions. The Madness.

The moment @UConnMBB clinched the Final Four, as captured by UConn Nation.

[Zach Gelb @ZachGelb]

Alex Karaban is rarity in college basketball now.

Played all 4 years at 1 school.

He’s already in the Huskies of Honor and already won 2 championships, but his college career will now end at the Final 4 in some capacity. It’s well deserved and then some.

[Sports Illustrated @SInow]

This shot belongs in a museum 👏

[Brad Stulberg @BStulberg]

You’re never out until you’re out.

Play the game in front of you. Not the game you wanted to happen. Not the game that just happened. Not the game you hoped would happen. But the game that is happening.

It's a remarkable lesson for basketball, for all of sport, and really, for all of life.

In the Elite 8 of the NCAA tournament, the UConn Huskies came out flat against the No. 1 seed Duke.

The Huskies trailed by 15 at halftime.

No. 1 seeds were 134-0 all time in the NCAA tournament when leading by 15 or more points at halftime.

That’s across the entire NCAA tournament history. Every round. Every year.

UConn had every reason to give up. But they simply refused. Most people check out when the odds turn against them. But UConn never stopped playing to win.

Their big man Tarris Reed Jr. put the Huskies on his back. He played incredibly on both sides of the ball.

The Huskies cut the lead to 13. Then to 11. Then to 7. Then to 5. And then, in the final seconds of the game, they cut the lead to two.

Duke inbounded the ball, UConn pressured and forced a turnover. With less than a second on the clock, Braylon Mullins—who had shot 0 for 4 from three—put up a deep 3 from the logo, and nailed it.

UConn 73. Duke 72.

134-1.

After the game, UConn coach Dan Hurley said this about Mullins:

"The courage. You have a young man, he's a rare human being. The toughness about him, to take the shot, on a tough shooting night, but he was due."

It was an off night. And yet with everything on the line you have no choice but to pull the trigger. Shooters shoot. That's confidence in the process.

March Madness is an ultimate test of emotional regulation. Over 3 weeks and 6 games, nothing ever goes to plan.

You prepare. You practice. You visualize. Then stuff happens.

The difference between those who collapse and those who rise? How they respond, especially when things don’t go their way.

What's true in basketball is true in life.

It's easy when everything is going your way. But things will go wrong. You'll fall behind. The score won't look good. Most people check out when the odds turn against them.

UConn never stopped playing their hardest.

Not when they were down 19. Not when they were 1 for 11 from three. Not when history said it was over.

It’s called having a next play mentality:

You can't control what already happened. You can't control the score. You can only control the next play.

One stop. One bucket. One possession at a time.

That's how you erase a historical deficit against the No. 1 team in the country. It's how you work through the biggest challenges in life too.

Excellence does not mean control. It does not mean perfection. It means refusing to quit on yourself when the situation looks hopeless. It means trusting your preparation even when nothing is falling.

It means playing the game in front of you. Not the game you wanted. Not the game you hoped for. The game that is happening.

Stay in the arena. Play the next play.

[ESPN @espn]

1-seeds were 134-0 when leading by 15+ at halftime before today ... they are now 134-1 🤯

[Ben Houselog @benlikessport]

Something that won’t be talked about with this play is just how unselfish this was by Alex Karraban

Potentially the last game of your college career, most guys chuck up a prayer.

Instead he trusts the freshman with an open look

Great teammate