UConn survive suspect squid, a hotel switch and theft to claim NCAA title

One of the few sure things in an unpredictable March Madness was the Huskies' ability to rise above the chaos around them

Nothing - not dirty hotel rooms, dodgy calamari, a bus burglary or one of college basketball's most vaunted defenses - was going to deny Connecticut. And so a March Madness tournament that started with talk about parity ended with discussions of dynasty as UConn claimed their fifth national men's title since 1999.

Not that the joy was unconfined. I'm still thinking about some things," said the Huskies' insatiable coach, Dan Hurley, ruminating in an interview room while wearing a Champions" baseball cap back-to-front.