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I’m an Alabama fan but holy shit what in the hell are these refs thinking?????? Idk where to even begin

Obviously I’m sad about the loss, but I’m really happy we even got this far. I did not expect for us to beat Duke, and it’s been a great journey this season.

We kept Michigan to 2/15 from 3’s but it wasn’t enough. Every call seems to go towards Michigan’s way, even when we were driving to the rim. Our 3 point shooting wasn’t great, and if we just made that 1 or 2 extra transition 3’s, we might’ve won. So proud of these guys, thank you Karaban, Reed, Mullins, and the others.

It's the first time for everything, 6-1 in the title game now. Michigan came into this tournament as the better team. They were punching teams in the mouth by double digits, but somehow, and some way, Uconn gave them their biggest change of the season by winning only by single-digts this time. Despite how this season went, despite how they bad they got beaten in the big east championship, I'd lost faith, but they didn't. they fought their way past the hardest region in the tournament and shocked the world by beating Duke (the number 1 overall team in the tournament), beating Illinois, and punching a ticket to the title game. but ultimately, we just couldn't shock the world again. So, with all that being said, thank you, Alex Karaban. Thank you, Dan Hurley, and thank you to every single Uconn Huskies fan in this subreddit.

GO HUSKIES

that was a great game. let's not blame the refs. the refs been terrible all season and we almost always overcame the biased calls. michigan played great. (their fans are horrible but that's true for every big10 fandom).

We did however had our chances. but i'm PROUD of our team- despite how shaky we looked, despite not clicking on all cylinders in practically every game except that one game vs st johns, we made it all the way to the finals. WE FOUGHT HARD AND FOUGHT LIKE HUSKIES TILL THE VERY END. NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED ABOUT. ON TO THE NEXT SEASON!

No matter the outcome tonight, really proud of this team. All season I had my doubts and I never thought they would make it this far, and here they are, playing for yet another championship. Going to miss the seniors AK and Reed - they've been an absolute joy to watch. And of course, so grateful for Hurley. As long as he's coaching the Huskies always have a shot.

Let's get this 7th title and send AK off with a fairy tale ending!

Except UConn nation!

We know that our past games or their past games mean NOTHING and have to fight like we always do since everything is on the line tonight. Win OR Lose , we are proud of this team. We have been resilient all season (except the st john's games) but Michigan is NOT st johns, and we're not the same team that lost to St johns in the Bigeast tournament - we've significantly risen our level of play. IF we play like we did during the 2nd half of that duke, game - where we're hungry and focused and refuse to lose- i think we win this game despite the refs and what the pundits have predicted.

We never cowered in the face of adversity - and like Coach Hurley said, it IS appropriate that we face a goliath of a team like Michigan to win it all.

But are they really that much of a Goliath? did everyone conveniently forget DUKE was the #1 overall seed and that they beat Michigan in late February?

i THINK momentum IS on our side. I like our chances. LET'S GO UCONN!!! MAKE HISTORY TONIGHT!

What: Game #40 and the NCAA Tournament Final

Who: UConn (34-5, #7/#7 AP/Coaches, #10 NET, #9 KenPom, #9 T-Rank, #5 EvanMiya) vs Michigan (36-3, #3/#3 AP/Coaches, #2 NET, #1 KenPom, 1 T-Rank, #1 EvanMiya)

When: April 6, 2026 at 8:50 PM ET

Where: Indianapolis, IN and TBS/TruTV/HBO Max

Notes: One more game, for all the marbles. Despite some bizarre losses (Marquette) and close games against mediocre teams (too many to mention), UConn's now survived 3 straight competitive games to advance to the championship game. Similar to UConn's game against Duke, Michigan is favored by the polls, the analytics, the odds-makers (6.5 pt favorites), and ESPN's Matchup Predictor (70% chance of victory), so in 1 sense UConn has been here before. On the other hand, Michigan might not have as much raw talent as Duke, but they've got more size and more experience, especially in the frontcourt. Expect Karaban, Mullins, and Ball to be giving up 20-30 pounds to their opponents. Most of the stats favor Michigan too. Expect this to be 1 of the most challenging opponents UConn's faced all season.

But seriously please win.

Emeka Okafor thinks he (really his younger self) could have contained Reed. Charlie Villanueva is skeptical. Ben Gordon's opinion wasn't divulged.

Like a watch party or a celebration? If there’s any non-university watch parties I’d love to pull up to that too.

But seriously please win