In an NCAA Tournament that has seen high seeds fall in huge upsets and other teams squeak by in close games, the UConn Huskies have stomped through the field like Godzilla on the loose in New York.
The Huskies made the Gonzaga Bulldogs their latest victim, winning 82-54 in a game that was essentially over when UConn took a 23-point lead less than six minutes into the second half.
Perhaps TBS Sports play-by-play announcer Kevin Harlan summed it up best.
“This was a complete demolition,” Harlan said in the closing seconds.
"This was a complete demolition."- Kevin Harlan 🏀 #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/8aE0FyqL8N
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) March 26, 2023
This performance by head coach Dan Hurley’s team was just the latest awe-inspiring tournament performance by UConn. In four games, against Iona, Saint Mary’s, Arkansas and now Gonzaga, the Huskies have an average winning margin of 22.5 points.
“Just kind of got back to the team we were earlier in the season,” Hurley told TBS Sports’ Allie LaForce after the game.
Many fans think the Huskies are on track for the most dominating run in NCAA Tournament history (of course, everything hinges on them winning their next two games).
UConn is having one of the most dominant Final Four runs in recent memory. These games have not been competitive. UConn is playing at a completely different level.
— Michael DeRosa (@MDtheDream) March 26, 2023
UConn playing like the 1990 Runnin Rebels!
— Jeremy Grayewsk (@CoachJG40) March 26, 2023
😂😂😂
UNLV 1990
Duke 1992
UConn 1999 was better than this team.🤡
— SportsAboveTheBox (@Urban_Shocker_) March 26, 2023
UConn is the best college team of all time. No one has ever dominated like this. It’s unbelievable
— KOZ THE TRUTH (@mr_relevant7) March 26, 2023
When Rick Pitino said this was the best team he EVER faced he may have been on to something
No one in the country is playing better than Uconn at the moment https://t.co/lXdqeqGmlQ
— Cole Thompson (@cole_thomp) March 24, 2023
I can’t believe I just watched #UConn demolish Gonzaga by 28 points and hold them to 54. My God, what an all-around incredible performance!
— Kevin D. Roberts (@kroberts023) March 26, 2023
Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. They’re very good, but they have yet to show that they’re the best UConn team ever, ergo…. let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
Note: if Gonzaza hadn’t come out equally as cold as UConn started, this could have been a bad night for the Huskies.
— Seren Thomas (@SerenThomasTS) March 26, 2023