TAMPA — The Connecticut Huskies do not cut down nets when other programs cut down nets. They do not climb ladders when they win a conference tournament. No one touches scissors when they make the Final Four. The players understand the standard when they commit: Play somewhere else if you want to cut down a net for anything less than a national title. This is a place where success is measured only in championships.
Which meant that on Sunday afternoon at Amalie Arena, after they played a smooth, confident 40 minutes, after they beat the South Carolina Gamecocks by a score of 82–59, after the confetti had fallen, UConn’s players looked a bit uncharacteristically lost.
