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UConn dominance cemented with second straight March Madness title

Team beats Purdue by 15 points in NCAA basketball championship match
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Purdue head coach Matt Painter yells during the first half of the NCAA college Final Four championship basketball game against UConn, Monday, April 8, 2024, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

A basketball beatdown. A coaching clinic. A double-digit domination.

Take one guess who finished off a romp through college basketball again. You bet, it’s UConn — a team built to win now, and often, and by a lot every time it takes the court.

Coach Dan Hurley’s Huskies delivered the latest of their suffocating hoops performances Monday night, smothering Purdue for a 75-60 victory to become the first team since 2007 to capture back-to-back national championships.

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